Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

Best Quotes about Argument

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

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

Chinese Proverb

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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

Whately, Richard

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.

Joubert, Joseph

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

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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

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

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

William Lloyd Garrison

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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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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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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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Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Prior, Matthew

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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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When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

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Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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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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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Joubert, Joseph

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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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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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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Jefferson, Thomas

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The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Auson

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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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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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Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

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Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Bacon, Roger

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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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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

Adler, Larry

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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

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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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True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

Pope, Alexander