Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene,
And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;
No splendid read more

Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene,
And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;
No splendid poverty, no smiling care,
No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

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.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Debate is the death of conversation.

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.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.

In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.