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Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?
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.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
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.
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with
comprehension.
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with
comprehension.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
