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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
'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.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
