Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Haliburton, Thomas C.

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Maurois, Andre

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

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

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 of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Proverb, Spanish

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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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

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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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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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When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Auson

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A sure way of getting the last word in an argument is to say you right.

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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

23.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Adler, Larry

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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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

Prior, Matthew

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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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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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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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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis