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The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is read more
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
And that a Lord may be an owl,
A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,
And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
