Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Cicero, Marcus T.

Best Quotes about Argument

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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

Adler, Larry

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

Auson

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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

Koch, Edward

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

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

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

11.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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

Saadi

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

Voltaire

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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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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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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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

35.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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

Publilius Syrus

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The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.