“Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.”
“I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me.”
“Abba Paul the Barber and his brother Timothy lived in Scetis. They often used to argue. So Abba Paul said, 'How long shall we go on like this?' Abba Timothy said to him, 'I suggest you take my side of the argument and in my turn I will take your side when you oppose me.' They spent the rest of their days in this practice.”
“For they are yet but ear-kissing arguments.”
“How agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?”
“You can't win an argument by being right, either”
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