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.

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

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

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.

I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.

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.

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.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects
too. No, sir, these, I protest you, read more

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects
too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.