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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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 noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the
Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own read more
The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the
Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own
cause.
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.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
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.
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.
'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch,
For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.
'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch,
For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.