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Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
 I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with 
comprehension.  
 I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with 
comprehension. 
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
 Myself when young did eagerly frequent
 Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
  About it and about: read more 
 Myself when young did eagerly frequent
 Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument
  About it and about: but evermore
   Came out by the same door wherein I went. 
 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. 
 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. 
 Reproachful speech from either side
 The want of argument supplied;
  They rail, reviled; as often ends
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 Reproachful speech from either side
 The want of argument supplied;
  They rail, reviled; as often ends
   The contests of disputing friends. 
 I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology 
were the only two really great subjects.  
 I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology 
were the only two really great subjects. 
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.