Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Antisthenes

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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

Proverb, Spanish

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

Antisthenes

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Prior, Matthew

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

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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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

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Whately, Richard

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

Chinese Proverb

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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Pope, Alexander

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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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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

33.

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

Adler, Larry

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Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.

Swift, Jonathan

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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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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I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

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

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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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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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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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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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The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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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