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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.
"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.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid read more
When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid -- in which case all comment is superfluous -- or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
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.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
