To go to law, is for two persons to kindle a fire at their own cost,
to warm others, and singe themselves to cinders; and because they
cannot agree, to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to
unplume themselves, that others may be decorated with their feathers.
-- Feltham
Related:
We may not be able to persuade Hindus that Jesus and not Vishnu should govern
their spiritual horizo or Moslems that Lord Buddha is at the center of
their spiritual universe, nor Hebrews that Mohammed is a major prohpet, nor
Christians that Shinto best expresses their spiritual concerns, to say
nothing of the fact that we may not be able to get Christians to agree among
themselves about their relationship to God....
We may not be able to persuade Hindus that Jesus and not Vishnu should
govern their spiritual horizo or Moslems that Lord Buddha is at the
center of their spiritual universe, nor Hebrews that Mohammed is a major
prophet, nor Christians that Shinto best expresses their spiritual
concerns, to say nothing of the fact that we may not be able to get
Christians to agree among themselves about their relationship to God....