Quotes about argument

"Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went."

Khayyam, Omar on 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 on argument   

"The argument of the strongest is always the best."

La Fontaine, Jean De on argument   

"When all are wrong, everyone is right."

La Lehaussee on argument   

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on argument
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"Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart."

Landor, Walter Savage on argument   

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

Layton, Irving on argument   

"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 on argument   

"Debate is the death of conversation."

Ludwig, Emil on argument   

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

Maurois, Andre on argument
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"He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on argument
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"The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on argument   

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on argument
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"True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit."

Pope, Alexander on argument   

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

Pope, Alexander on argument   

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

Prior, Matthew on argument   

"Soft words win hard hearts."

Proverb on argument   

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

Proverb on argument   

"Use soft words and hard arguments."

Proverb, English on argument   

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

Proverb, Spanish on argument
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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 on argument
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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 on argument   

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."

Shakespeare, William on argument
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"In a false quarrel there is no true valor."

Shakespeare, William on argument   

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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 on argument   

"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 on argument   

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

Swift, Jonathan on argument   

"When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid -- in which case all comment is superfluous -- or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem."

Unamuno, Miguel De on argument   

"When two quarrel, both are in the wrong."

Unknown, Source on argument   

"There is no point in arguing about matters of taste."

Unknown, Source on argument   

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

Unknown, Source on argument   

"People who know the least always argue the most."

Unknown, Source on argument   

"If you argue with a woman and win, you lose."

Unknown, Source on argument   

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

Unknown, Source on argument   

"A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about."

Unknown, Source on argument   

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

Unknown, Source on argument   

"A long dispute means that both parties are wrong"

Voltaire on argument
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"Men argue, nature acts."

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

Voltaire on argument   

"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 on argument