Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

2.

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

Proverb

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

Joseph Farrell

6.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

7.

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

8.

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

Whately, Richard

9.

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

10.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

11.

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

12.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

13.

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

14.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

15.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

16.

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

17.

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

Joubert, Joseph

18.

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

Adler, Larry

19.

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

Pope, Alexander

20.

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

Fuller, Thomas

21.

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

Saadi

22.

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

23.

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

Auson

24.

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

Dennett, Daniel

25.

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

Voltaire

26.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

27.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Publilius Syrus

31.

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.

32.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

33.

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

34.

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

Chinese Proverb

35.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

36.

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

37.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

38.

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

Maurois, Andre

39.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

40.

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

41.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

42.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

43.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

44.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

45.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

46.

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

47.

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

Joubert, Joseph

48.

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

49.

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

Layton, Irving

50.

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

Koch, Edward