Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Pope, Alexander

Best Quotes about Argument

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Auson

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

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Publilius Syrus

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

10.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

11.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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

Prior, Matthew

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

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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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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

16.

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.

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

G. K. Chesterton

18.

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

Adler, Larry

19.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

20.

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

Joubert, Joseph

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

27.

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

28.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

30.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

31.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

32.

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

Dennett, Daniel

33.

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

Chinese Proverb

34.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

35.

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

Pope, Alexander

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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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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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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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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 point in arguing about matters of taste.

41.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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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

43.

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

Saadi

44.

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

Whately, Richard

46.

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

Koch, Edward

47.

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

Proverb, Spanish

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The argument is at an end.