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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.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
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.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only
argument available with an east wind is to read more
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only
argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
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 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.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
