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Agreement exists in disagreement.
[Lat., Mansit concordia discors.]
Agreement exists in disagreement.
[Lat., Mansit concordia discors.]
Contentions fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentions fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot
stand.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot
stand.
You will stir up the hornets.
[Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
You will stir up the hornets.
[Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
Thus when a barber and collier fight,
The barber beats the luckless collier--white;
The dusty collier heaves read more
Thus when a barber and collier fight,
The barber beats the luckless collier--white;
The dusty collier heaves his ponderous sack,
And, big with vengeance, beats the barber--black.
In comes the brick-dust man, with grime o'er spread,
And beats the collier and the barber--red;
Black, red, and white, in various clouds are toss'd,
And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost.
In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
[Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
[Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]
Great contest follows, and much learned dust
Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,
And truth disclaiming both.
Great contest follows, and much learned dust
Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,
And truth disclaiming both.
The chiefs contend only for their place of burial.
[Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.]
The chiefs contend only for their place of burial.
[Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.]
Stir up the hornets.
[Fr., Irriter les freslons.]
Stir up the hornets.
[Fr., Irriter les freslons.]
