"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.

The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the
Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own read more

The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the
Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own
cause.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an 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 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.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

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 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.