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Debate is the death of conversation.
Debate is the death of conversation.
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.
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.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish read more
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis
best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent
spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves
an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.
