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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
'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.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries read more
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.