Motivational Quotes

Argument

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

- William G. McAdoo

Best Quotes about Argument

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

Koch, Edward

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

Proverb, Spanish

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

Layton, Irving

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Pope, Alexander

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Antisthenes

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

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

Auson

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

Voltaire

12.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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

Chinese Proverb

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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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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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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo

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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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

Joubert, Joseph

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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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

Adler, Larry

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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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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

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

Joubert, Joseph

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A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

Voltaire

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Pierre Beaumarchais

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

Cicero, Marcus T.

35.

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

Pope, Alexander

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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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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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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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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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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

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

Proverb

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

Dennett, Daniel

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Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.