Quotes about argument

"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 on argument
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"Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable."

Addison, Joseph on argument
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"The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers."

Adler, Larry on argument   

"Wise men argue cases, fools decide them."

Anacharsis on argument   

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

Antisthenes on argument   

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

Auson on argument   

"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 on argument   

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

Beaumarchais, Pierre De on argument   

"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 on argument   

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon on argument   

"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."

Brandeis, Louis D. on argument
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"Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him."

Butler, Samuel on argument   

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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 on argument   

"A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things."

Carlyle, Thomas on argument   

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on argument
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"Neither irony or sarcasm is argument."

Butler, Samuel on argument   

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

Cicero, Marcus T. on argument   

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

Colton, Charles Caleb on argument   

"Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes."

Colton, Charles Caleb on argument   

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

Dennett, Daniel on argument   

"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie on argument   

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

Emmons, Nathaniel on argument   

"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 on argument
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"He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face."

Franklin, Benjamin on argument
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"I had a lovers quarrel with the world."

Frost, Robert on argument   

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

Fuller, Thomas on argument   

"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 on argument
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"Soft words are hard arguments."

Fuller, Thomas on argument   

"Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding."

Gide, Andre on argument   

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

Goldsmith, Oliver on argument
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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 on argument   

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

Haliburton, Thomas C. on argument   

"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. on argument
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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."

Heifetz, Jascha on argument   

"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions."

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

Howe, Edgar Watson on argument   

"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause."

Hugo, Victor on argument
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"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 on argument   

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

Joubert, Joseph on argument
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"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress."

Joubert, Joseph on argument
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