Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Cicero, Marcus T.

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

2.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

3.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

4.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

5.

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

6.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

7.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

8.

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

9.

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

Joubert, Joseph

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

13.

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

14.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

15.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

16.

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

17.

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

Joubert, Joseph

18.

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

Voltaire

19.

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

Pope, Alexander

20.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

21.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

22.

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.

23.

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

24.

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

Auson

25.

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

26.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

27.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

28.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

29.

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

Swift, Jonathan

30.

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

G. K. Chesterton

31.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

Layton, Irving

32.

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

33.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

34.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

35.

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

Pope, Alexander

36.

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

Joseph Farrell

37.

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

38.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

39.

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

Saadi

40.

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

Prior, Matthew

41.

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

Fuller, Thomas

42.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

43.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

44.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

45.

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

Whately, Richard

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

Dennett, Daniel

49.

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

Antisthenes

50.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg