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Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.
- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
Argument Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Argument

1.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Butler, Samuel

2.
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

3.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
Koch, Edward

4.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
William G. McAdoo

5.
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
Chesterton, Gilbert K.

6.
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.
Joseph Farrell

7.
A sure way of getting the last word in an argument is to say you right.

8.
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
La Fontaine, Jean De

9.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Hugo, Victor

10.
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

11.
Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.
Proverb

12.
There are usually two sides to every argument but no end.

13.
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

14.
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.

15.
Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.
La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

16.
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

17.
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Auson

18.
For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
William Shakespeare

19.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Pierre Beaumarchais

20.
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
Bonaparte, Napoleon

21.
True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
Pope, Alexander

22.
Debate is the death of conversation.
Ludwig, Emil

23.
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

24.
The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

25.
An argument is like a country road, you never know where it is going to lead.

26.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
Proverb, Spanish

27.
There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

28.
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Layton, Irving

29.
If you argue with a woman and win, you lose.

30.
There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
Goldsmith, Oliver

31.
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
Haliburton, Thomas C.

32.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Emmons, Nathaniel

33.
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

34.
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.
Antisthenes

35.
When all are wrong, everyone is right.
La Lehaussee

36.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
Howe, Edgar Watson

37.
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

38.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Prior, Matthew

39.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Louis D. Brandeis

40.
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

41.
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
Chinese Proverb

42.
Soft words are hard arguments.
Fuller, Thomas

43.
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
Publilius Syrus

44.
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
Sarton, May

45.
When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

46.
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

47.
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
Colton, Charles Caleb

48.
The argument is at an end.
Saint Augustine

49.
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Ayn Rand

50.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Joubert, Joseph


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