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The best argument is that which
seems merely an explanation.
When a thing is said to be not
worth refuting you may be sure
that either it is flagrantly stupid --
in which case all comment is
superfluous -- or it is something formidable,
the very crux of the problem.
If you can't answer a man's
arguments, all is not lost; you can
still call him vile names.
It is more noble by silence
to avoid an injury than by
argument to overcome it.
It takes two to quarrel,
but only one to end it.
Silence is one of the hardest
arguments to refute.
The purely agitation attitude
is not good enough for a detailed
consideration of a subject.
When you have no basis for an
argument, abuse the plaintiff.
He who establishes his argument by noise
and command shows that his reason is weak.
"For your own good" is a persuasive
argument that will eventually make
a man agree to his own destruction.