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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.
I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.