The Home Circle by M. E. Vandyne

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 22, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 16.

The Home Circle.

By M. E. Vandyne

A QUARREL.

THERE'S a knowing little proverb From the sunny land of Spain; But in Northland, as in Southland, Is its meaning clear and plain. Lock it up within your heart; Neither lose nor lend it— Two it takes to make a quarrel; One can always end it.

Try it well in every way, Still you'll find it true. In a fight without a foe, Pray what could you do? If the wrath is yours alone, Soon you will expend it. Two it takes to make a quarrel; One can always end it.

Let's suppose that both are wroth, And the strife begun. If one voice shall cry for "Peace," Soon it will be done. If but one shall span the breach, He will quickly mend it. Two it takes to make a quarrel; One can always end it.

—M. E. Vandyne, in Harper's Young People.