"I told him how badly you wanted it, and argued in favor of it, but he refused."
"Argued! Oh, mother, if it had been something you wanted yourself you'd have cried a little and then you'd have got it."
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.—Colley Gibber.
Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion.—Goethe.
PESSIMISM
TED—"What's the difference between a pessimist and a cynic?"
NED—"The pessimist is without hope, while the cynic is sure you'll always be able to get a drink if you have the price."—Life.