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Debate is the death of conversation.
Debate is the death of conversation.
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.
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.
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
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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.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
