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"A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow."
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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."
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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."
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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."
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"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."
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"To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind."
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"In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort."
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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."
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"I suppose I was very disappointed that I was injured during training for Korea. In fact, I had an argument with a grenade and it won, and consequently I was forced to come back to Australia for twelve months."
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"Observe which side resorts to the most vociferous name-calling and you are likely to have identified the side with the weaker argument and they know it."
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"At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat."
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"The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one."
Family
"Genius must be born, and never can be taught."
Genius
"Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail."
Now
"Boldness is a mask for fear, however great."
Fear
"Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun."
Beauty
"They that possess the prince possess the laws."
Law
"You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water."
Love
"Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue."
Love
"Repentance is but want of power to sin."
Power
"Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be."
Happiness
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