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And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
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.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
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.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
