QUARREL.
O, shame to men! devil with devil damned
Firm concord holds; men only disagree
Of creatures rational.
Paradise Lost, Bk. II. MILTON.
O we fell out, I know not why,
And kissed again with tears.
The Princess. A. TENNYSON.
What dire offence from amorous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Rape of the Lock, Canto I. A. POPE.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in,
Bear 't that the opposèd may beware of thee.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Those who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Fables: The Mastiffs.. J. GAY.
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honor's at the stake.
Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
I'm armed with more than complete steel,
The justice of my quarrel.
Lust's Dominion, Act iii. Sc. 4. C. MARLOWE.