Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Argument

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

Antisthenes

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

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

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Voltaire

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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.

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

Layton, Irving

11.

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

Pope, Alexander

12.

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

13.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

14.

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Proverb, Spanish

16.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

17.

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

18.

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

Koch, Edward

19.

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

G. K. Chesterton

20.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

21.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

22.

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

Joseph Farrell

23.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

27.

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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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

29.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

31.

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

32.

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

Proverb

33.

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

Whately, Richard

34.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

35.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

36.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

37.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

38.

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

39.

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

Goldsmith, Oliver

40.

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

41.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

42.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

43.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

44.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.