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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.
Much might be said on both sides.
Much might be said on both sides.
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.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
And there begins a lang digression
About the lords o' the creation.
"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.
If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their read more
If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their children for the severest predisposition to a disturbance of sexual development or to neurotic illness
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.
