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.

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.

Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore.

Whatever Sceptic could inquire for,
For every why he had a wherefore.

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.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

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.

And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.

And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.