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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries read more
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
Merciful heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
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Merciful heaven,
Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man,
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assured
His glassy essence--like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
would all themselves laugh mortal.
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish read more
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis
best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent
spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves
an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.
All authority belongs to the people
All authority belongs to the people
'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch,
For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.
'Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch,
For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.
He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser read more
He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
His conduct still right with his argument wrong.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
