Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Pope, Alexander

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Pope, Alexander

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Joubert, Joseph

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

10.

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

Auson

11.

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.

12.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

13.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

14.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

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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

16.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

17.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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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

19.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

20.

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

21.

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

Joseph Farrell

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.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

24.

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

25.

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

26.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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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

28.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

29.

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

30.

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

Pope, Alexander

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

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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

33.

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

Proverb

34.

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

Chinese Proverb

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

37.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

38.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Adler, Larry

40.

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

41.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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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

45.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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

Publilius Syrus

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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.