Saba may fare badly if he begins a fight with such an adversary.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Now, behold, his adversary in the open.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
You may accomplish more by dividing your case into one or two good reasons and telling your adversary that you will not argue the case, but you will let him look at these reasons, and when he takes it up logically you will have no fear of his conclusion, for truth must triumph.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter