Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Koch, Edward

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Voltaire

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Joubert, Joseph

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Publilius Syrus

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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Chinese Proverb

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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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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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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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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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

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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

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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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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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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

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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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

Maurois, Andre

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

Auson

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

G. K. Chesterton

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

Proverb

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Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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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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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 point in arguing about matters of taste.

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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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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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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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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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I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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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