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William Ralph Inge, 1860-1954

was an English author and Anglican prelate

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

( “Outspoken Essays”, 1919 )

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Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

was an US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, and printer

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

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Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato), 234 BC-149 BC

was a Roman statesman

From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

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