A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his …

Joseph Addison
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A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. ✨ Joseph Addison (1839). Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste, p.80
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