理りをもって非ひに落おちる

expression

lose an argument despite being in the right; have right on one's side yet succumb

Proverb-like expression meaning that even when one's position is logically or morally correct, one may still lose the dispute or be defeated. Rare and somewhat literary.

• 理りをもって非ひに落おちることもあるから、議ぎ論ろんでは戦せん略りゃくも必ひつ要ようだ。

  Sometimes you can lose an argument even when you're in the right, so strategy is also necessary in debates.