Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Cicero, Marcus T.

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

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

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

Prior, Matthew

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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

11.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Maurois, Andre

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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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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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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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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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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

17.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

18.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Antisthenes

21.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Voltaire

23.

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

Proverb, Spanish

24.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

26.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

27.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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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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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

30.

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

Pope, Alexander

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

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

Publilius Syrus

40.

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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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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