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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
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.
 And there begins a lang digression
 About the lords o' the creation.  
 And there begins a lang digression
 About the lords o' the creation. 
 The daughter of debate
 That still discord doth sow.  
 The daughter of debate
 That still discord doth sow. 
"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
 Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
 For every why he had a wherefore.  
 Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
 For every why he had a wherefore. 
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.