Haven’t finished his Art of Controversy yet, but it’s a quick fun read and has some genuinely fun nuggets like this, which are still/perhaps even more relevant today:
Stratagem 8
This trick consists in making your opponent angry; for when he is angry he is incapable of judging aright, and perceiving where his advantage lies. You can make him angry by doing him repeated injustice, or practising some kind of chicanery, and being generally insolent.
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