English: Portrait, oil on canvas, of Edward Emily Gibbon (1737–1794) by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) Deutsch: Porträt, Öl auf Leinwand, von Edward Emily Gibbon (1737–1794), gemalt von Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.” — Edward Gibbon
(But sometimes it’s hard not taking the bait! You want to smack some sense into these dimwits, but you might as well be talking to the wall, because you can’t reason with the unreasonable. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Unclerave's Wordy Weblog 
An excellent take on the anonymous “Don’t argue with idiots.”