"It is absurd that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason." #QotD

"It is absurd that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason." 

          ~ Aristotle, On Rhetoric 

[Hat tip Bernard Darnton (whose graphic that is above) from his superb presentation 'From Informative to Persuasive']
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