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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.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is read more
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse.
He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
And that a Lord may be an owl,
A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,
And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
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.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
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.
