E. W. Howe on debate

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.

When a man is trying to sell you something, don’t imagine he is that polite all the time.

A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional…values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Abolition of Man

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me.

Dave Barryborn 1947

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Margaret Thatcher1925–2013From an interview for Italian television (RAI) (10 March 1986)