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Letter "C" » contend
«The road winds up the hill to meet the height/ beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight / And yet no man would foolishly contend/ that where he sees it not, it makes an end.»
«Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread»
«Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose»
«Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land»
«The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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«They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.»
«Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? / But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.»
«That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.»
«The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat»
«Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument»