Motivational Quotes

Argument

The argument is at an end.

- Saint Augustine

Best Quotes about Argument

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

Whately, Richard

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

Chinese Proverb

When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.

Pope, Alexander

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

I learned an important lesson in the art of debate. Present your argument clearly, arm yourself with cutting wit and of course, bob and weave!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

Goldsmith, Oliver

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

Proverb, Spanish

10.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

11.

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.

Koch, Edward

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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

G. K. Chesterton

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The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

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We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.

Butler, Samuel

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The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Maurois, Andre

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Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

17.

I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.

Dave Barry

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When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first; but if the strife continues long, usually both become guilty.

Fuller, Thomas

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Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.

Voltaire

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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Howe, Edgar Watson

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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Joubert, Joseph

22.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

23.

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Acton, Lord

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There are usually two sides to every argument but no end.

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Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.

Whately, Richard

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No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

Jascha Heifetz

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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

Layton, Irving

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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

Lowell, James Russell

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It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Pierre Beaumarchais

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In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Prior, Matthew

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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

33.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

Harris, Sidney J.

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The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.

Joseph Farrell

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about

Benchley, Robert

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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.

Dennett, Daniel

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I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.

Shakespeare, William

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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

43.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

Franklin, Benjamin

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That's the beauty of argument-if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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An argument is like a country road, you never know where it is going to lead.