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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 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.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor
with serious pleading.
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor
with serious pleading.
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 brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.
'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.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
