Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Disputing

Dispute the price but don’t dispute the weight.Chinese.

Disputing and borrowing cause grief and sorrowing.German.

Many get into a dispute well that cannot get out well.

There is more disputing about the shell than the kernel.German.

There is no disputing about tastes.Spanish.

There is no disputing against a person who denies a principle.Coke.

To dispute about a donkey’s shadow.Latin.

When two men dispute you may be sure there is a fool upon one side or the other, and the man that interferes the biggest fool.Punch.

Who disputes with the stupid must have sharp answers.German.