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To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
"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 devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.
Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.
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.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.