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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
 He'd undertake to prove, by force
 Of argument, a man's no horse.
  He'd prove a buzzard is read more 
 He'd undertake to prove, by force
 Of argument, a man's no horse.
  He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
   And that a Lord may be an owl,
    A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,
     And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees. 
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish read more
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
 And there begins a lang digression
 About the lords o' the creation.  
 And there begins a lang digression
 About the lords o' the creation. 
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.