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'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.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
"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.
Debate is the death of conversation.
Debate is the death of conversation.
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.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.
In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
