Motivational Quotes

Argument

The argument is at an end.

- Saint Augustine

Best Quotes about Argument

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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

Koch, Edward

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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

Auson

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Joubert, Joseph

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

Antisthenes

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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

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

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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

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

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

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

Proverb

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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

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

Pope, Alexander

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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

35.

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

Voltaire

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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

43.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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

Adler, Larry

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

Saadi

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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!