Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Bonaparte, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Argument

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

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

Whately, Richard

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

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

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

Joubert, Joseph

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

10.

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

Publilius Syrus

11.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

12.

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

13.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

14.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

18.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

19.

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

20.

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

Pope, Alexander

21.

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

Dennett, Daniel

22.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

23.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Saadi

24.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

25.

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

Joseph Farrell

26.

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.

27.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

28.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

29.

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

G. K. Chesterton

30.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

31.

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

Antisthenes

32.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

33.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

34.

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

Auson

35.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

36.

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

37.

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

38.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

39.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

40.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

41.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

42.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

43.

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

44.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

45.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

46.

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

Proverb

47.

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

48.

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

Swift, Jonathan

49.

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

Joubert, Joseph