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What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

—Alexander Pope, 1712

We die of comfort and by conflict live.

—May Sarton, 1953

Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.

—William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847

Enemies to me are the sauce piquant to my dish of life.

—Elsa Maxwell, 1955

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1665
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