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

1.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

2.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

3.

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

4.

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

Proverb

5.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

6.

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

7.

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

G. K. Chesterton

8.

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

Joubert, Joseph

9.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

10.

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

Antisthenes

11.

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

Publilius Syrus

12.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

13.

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

14.

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

Saadi

15.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

16.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

17.

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

Joseph Farrell

18.

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

Pope, Alexander

19.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

20.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Joubert, Joseph

26.

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

Chinese Proverb

27.

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

28.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

29.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

30.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

31.

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

Koch, Edward

32.

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

33.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

34.

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

35.

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

Prior, Matthew

36.

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

Layton, Irving

37.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

38.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

39.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

40.

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

Auson

41.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

42.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

43.

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

Maurois, Andre

44.

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.

45.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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.

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

Adler, Larry

48.

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