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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.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
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.
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.
Much might be said on both sides.
Much might be said on both sides.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
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.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
