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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.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Debate is the death of conversation.
Debate is the death of conversation.
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor
with serious pleading.
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor
with serious pleading.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
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.
Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore.
Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
