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.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Benjamin Franklin, (Jan 17 1706-1790), US statesman, diplomat, inventor, printer; He published Poor Richard's Almanac, 1732-57 ; invented bifocal glasses and the lightning rod.