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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.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; read more
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
The falling out of faithful friends, renewing is of love.
The falling out of faithful friends, renewing is of love.
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
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.