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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid read more
When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid -- in which case all comment is superfluous -- or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
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.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
