The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
A bully is not reasonable – he is persuaded only by threats.
To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.
He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays – cynical, but hopeful.
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.
Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.