Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
My old man is a man of few words.
I don't hate old men but listen when being spoken to.
One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.
Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful life that men are differentiated into full individuality.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.