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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Debate is the death of conversation.
Debate is the death of conversation.
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.
Much might be said on both sides.
Much might be said on both sides.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
