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It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.
I've heard old cunning stagers
Say, fools for arguments use wagers.
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.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.
In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.