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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.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
'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.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
About it and about: read more
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
About it and about: but evermore
Came out by the same door wherein I went.
