Argument Quotes And Sayings

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“When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.”
– Richard Carlson

“The clash of ideas is not weakness. Truth reaches its place when tussling with error.”
– Richard Henry Pratt

“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.”
– Richard Whately

“Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.”
– Richard Whately

“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.”
– Robert Benchley

“Convincing yourself doesn’t win an argument.”
– Robert Half

“In comedy laughter settles all arguments.”
– Robert McKee

“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.”
– Robert Quillen

“Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt.”
– Roger Bacon

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

“The argument is at an end.”
– Saint Augustine

“Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.”
– Samuel Butler

“We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.”
– Samuel Butler

“Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.”
– Samuel Butler

“Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.”
– Samuel Johnson

“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.”
– Sidney J. Harris

“I have heard many arguments which influenced my opinion, but never one which influenced my vote.”
– Sir James Fergusson

“It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.”
– Spanish Proverb

“In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.”
– Stephen Wright

“The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument.”
– Steve Maraboli

“An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument.”
– Sydney Smith

“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

“Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.”
– Thomas C. Haliburton

“A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.”
– Thomas Carlyle

“Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.”
– Thomas Fuller

“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.”
– Thomas Fuller

“Soft words are hard arguments.”
– Thomas Fuller

“A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.”
– Thomas Hardy

“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.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.”
– Unknown

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