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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.
Reproachful speech from either side
The want of argument supplied;
They rail, reviled; as often ends
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Reproachful speech from either side
The want of argument supplied;
They rail, reviled; as often ends
The contests of disputing friends.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish read more
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis
best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent
spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves
an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
