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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
"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.
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.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
 Reproachful speech from either side
 The want of argument supplied;
  They rail, reviled; as often ends
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 Reproachful speech from either side
 The want of argument supplied;
  They rail, reviled; as often ends
   The contests of disputing friends. 
 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. 
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.