You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
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.
"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.
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.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Much might be said on both sides.
Much might be said on both sides.