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 )
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.
Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato), 234 BC-149 BC
was a Roman statesman
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.