Motivational Quotes

Argument

For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about Argument

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

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

La Fontaine, Jean De

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Louis D. Brandeis

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

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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

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

Swift, Jonathan

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

Publilius Syrus

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

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

Voltaire

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

Adler, Larry

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

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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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Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.

Anacharsis

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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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Soft words are hard arguments.

Fuller, Thomas

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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

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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!

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal

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

Pope, Alexander

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

Chinese Proverb

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Debate is the death of conversation.

Ludwig, Emil

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The argument is at an end.

Saint Augustine

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

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Hugo, Victor

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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

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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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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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For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.

William Shakespeare

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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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I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Frost, Robert

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

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

Pope, Alexander

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

Proverb

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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.