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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
