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Quote #4
Not for me, no motions, please! I don't desire political clout, / just the power of twisting lawsuits, and giving my creditors the slip. (432)
When Strepsiades says "twisting lawsuits," what he really means is twisting words—he really just wants to use rhetoric to his advantage to persuade his creditors not to come after him.
Quote #5
Thus, my boy, be bold and opt for me, the Better Argument. / You shall learn to loathe the market, to shun the public baths as well, / to feel ashamed of what is shameful, to burn with rage at any slight, / to offer your seat to any grownup you may see approaching you; / never to treat your parents rudely, never to act disgracefully / or any way that might dishonor the sacred shrine of Modesty; / never to invade a go-go dancer's house and lose your head, / making the whore get sweet on you, thus shattering your good repute; / never to contradict your father, calling him Methuselah, / laughing at how old he is, forgetting how he reared you! (990-999)
Better Argument is trying to bring Strepsiades over to his side of thought and his own ideas about what is proper rhetoric. In Better Argument's view, you just shouldn't say mean things to your parents, whereas Worse Argument would say it's fine, as long as it gets you what you want.
Quote #6
[…] Listen to him, / you'll think what's bad is good, / what's good is bad […] (1020-1022)
Better Argument goes after Worse Argument for his lack of a moral compass. As he tells Strepsiades, Worse Argument is notable for making bad seem like good and vice versa. According to Better Argument, there are solid objective standards for determining what is "good" and "bad," whereas Worse Argument is all about using language to twist thoughts/actions/whatever into appearing good or bad, depending on the speaker's needs.