Motivational Quotes

Argument

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

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Best Quotes about Argument

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Gide, Andre

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

Saadi

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

G. K. Chesterton

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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

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

Proverb, Spanish

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When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

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

Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckly

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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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

Prior, Matthew

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The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

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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

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

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

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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

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

Joubert, Joseph

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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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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 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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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

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When all are wrong, everyone is right.

La Lehaussee

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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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

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

Adler, Larry

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

Auson

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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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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverb

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

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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

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

Emmons, Nathaniel

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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Butler, Samuel

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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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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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Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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