Young people starting out in the business world should keep in mind the philosopher who argued with the Emperor Adrian and remarked: I am never ashamed to be confuted by one who is master of 50 legions. |
In other words, the consensus has been downright confuted, over a nine-month period, by the course of events. |
A squinch thrown across an arcade may be conjectured for strength were it not confuted by two buttresses on the outside. |
But this is confuted by other accounts of the battle in which English longbowmen raised two fingers to express odium for their foes. |
In the nine articles that have appeared in this series, we have disproved and confuted all the allegations of disbelievers and critics regarding the origin of the Qur'an. |
The dogmatism and pedantry upon which it is based are easily confuted. |