Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

Best Quotes about Argument

1.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

2.

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

Prior, Matthew

3.

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

Koch, Edward

4.

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.

5.

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

Joseph Farrell

6.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

7.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

8.

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

Joubert, Joseph

9.

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

10.

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

Maurois, Andre

11.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

12.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

13.

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

Chinese Proverb

14.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

15.

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

Adler, Larry

16.

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

17.

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

Auson

18.

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

Joubert, Joseph

19.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

20.

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

Antisthenes

21.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

22.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

23.

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

24.

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

Proverb

25.

Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

26.

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

Hailsham, Lord Quintin Hogg

27.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

28.

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

Pope, Alexander

29.

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

30.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

31.

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

Proverb, Spanish

32.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

33.

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

Voltaire

34.

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

35.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

36.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

37.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

38.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

39.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

40.

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

41.

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

42.

Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.

Fuller, Thomas

43.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

44.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

45.

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

46.

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

Saadi

47.

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

Whately, Richard

48.

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

49.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

50.

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