To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.

To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with
comprehension.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with
comprehension.

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.

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects
too. No, sir, these, I protest you, read more

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects
too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.

And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.