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> [It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/it-is-an-excellent-rule-to-be-observed-in-all-disputes-that-men/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

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## More by John Wilkins

> [Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/nothing-is-properly-one-s-duty-but-what-is-also-one-s-interest/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> ['Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/tis-certain-that-our-senses-are-extremely-disproportioned-for/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/garner-up-pleasant-thoughts-in-your-mind-for-pleasant-thoughts-make/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [It is not the bigness of anything in this kind that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/it-is-not-the-bigness-of-anything-in-this-kind-that-can-hinder-its/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/obscurity-in-writing-is-commonly-an-argument-of-darkness-in-the-mind/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/it-s-a-frightening-thing-to-go-to-france-the-elder-daughter-of-the/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/it-is-an-excellent-rule-to-be-observed-in-all-disputes-that-men/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/science-doesn-t-deliver-even-that-much-truth-it-delivers-empirically/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

> [Yet I do seriously and on good grounds affirm it possible to make a flying chariot in which a man may sit and give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilkins/yet-i-do-seriously-and-on-good-grounds-affirm-it-possible-to-make-a/)

[John Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilkins/)

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