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Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
 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. 
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.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
 There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only 
argument available with an east wind is to read more 
 There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only 
argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. 
 The daughter of debate
 That still discord doth sow.  
 The daughter of debate
 That still discord doth sow. 
 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. 
 'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch,
 For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.  
 'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch,
 For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch. 
Much might be said on both sides.
Much might be said on both sides.