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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.
I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology
were the only two really great subjects.
I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology
were the only two really great subjects.
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.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
