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.

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

Dennett, Daniel

2.

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

3.

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

4.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

5.

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

Pope, Alexander

6.

There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

7.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

8.

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

9.

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

Chinese Proverb

10.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

11.

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

12.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

13.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.

Swift, Jonathan

14.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

15.

When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

16.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

17.

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

18.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

19.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

20.

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

21.

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

22.

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

G. K. Chesterton

23.

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

24.

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

Layton, Irving

25.

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

26.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

27.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

28.

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

Maurois, Andre

29.

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

30.

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

Prior, Matthew

31.

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

32.

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

33.

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

34.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

35.

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

36.

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

Auson

37.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

38.

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

39.

Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

40.

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

Pope, Alexander

41.

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

Proverb, Spanish

42.

The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

43.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

44.

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

Saadi

45.

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

46.

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

Antisthenes

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

50.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.