Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Best Quotes about Argument

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

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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

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

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

Proverb, Spanish

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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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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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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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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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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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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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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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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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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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Pope, Alexander

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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

Chinese Proverb

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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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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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Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Voltaire

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

Pope, Alexander

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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

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

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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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

Publilius Syrus

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Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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

Adler, Larry

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

Auson

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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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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Proverb

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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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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