Quarrels would not last long if the fault were on one side only.
[Les querelles ne dureraient pas longtemps, si le tort n’était que d’un côté.]
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Maxims], #496 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]
Alt. trans.:
- "Quarrels would not last so long if the fault were only on one side."
- "Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side."