IT HAS BEEN SAID OF ARGUMENT
- He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. —Montaigne. Men's arguments -often prove nothing but their wishes. —Colton. There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east kind is to put on your great coat. —Lowell The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince" his opponents thai lie understands their arguments, and sympathises with their jnst icel ings.—Coleridge. Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. —Anon. Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.—Swift. Be calm in argument; for fierceness makes error a fault, and 1 ruth discourtesy; calmness is a great advantage . —Herbert.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 133, 8 March 1940, Page 6
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142IT HAS BEEN SAID OF ARGUMENT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 133, 8 March 1940, Page 6
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