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.

Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more

Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Debate is the death of conversation.

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.

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.

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of read more

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of death.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.