โHonor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus ; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.โ
โIt is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.โ
โIt is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.โ
โIt is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.โ
โIt is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.โ
Reproaches. It is better not to commence a lawsuit, even when we are in the right, chap. xvii. 11. (Calmet) โ Plena victoria est ad clamantem tacere. (Val. Max.)
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.