Quotes About Quarrelsome

The spirit of quarrelsome comradeship which he had observed lately in his rival had not seduced Stephen from his habits of quiet obedience. He mistrusted the turbulence and doubted the sincerity of such comradeship which seemed to him a sorry anticipation of manhood.

No opinions, no ideas, no real knowledge of anything, no ideals, no inspiration; a fat, slothful, querulous, greedy, impotent carcass; a stump, a decaying belly washed up on the shore... Always tired, always bored, always hurt, always hating.

She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to silence.

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.

A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.

They were quarrelsome fellows and liked fighting so much, they even fought among themselves.

particularly acrimonious, so

As to the age of Hesiod and Homer, I have conducted very careful researches into this matter, but I do not like to write on the subject, as I know the quarrelsome nature of those especially who constitute the modern school of epic criticism.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.