quote · Legacy record
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.
Approximate author period: c. 1748 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Benjamin Franklin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1748 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1706–1790)
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Quarrels · anthology attribution: Franklin
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