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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
"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.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
Much might be said on both sides.
Much might be said on both sides.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
