Motivational Quotes

Argument

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

- Gide, Andre

Best Quotes about Argument

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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

Saadi

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

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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

10.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

12.

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

Proverb, Spanish

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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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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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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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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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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

Voltaire

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

22.

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

23.

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

Auson

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

Adler, Larry

28.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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

31.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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

Joubert, Joseph

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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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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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When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

37.

Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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

Publilius Syrus

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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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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

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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