Arguments Quotes

By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result

When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand
Cardinal de Retz

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing

An Argument needs no reason; Nor any friendship
Ibycus

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all that is necessary is to deny that it exists

Many can argue; not many converse

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

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right
William Ruckelshaus

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself

An argument derived from the abuse of a thing does not hold good against its use

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice

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

A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues
Archibald Cox

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

Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they may ask it, you never find them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own, without thinking that you should follow theirs. Thus, in fact, they all think themselves wiser than you, whatever they may say.
Lord Melbourne

If we can not trust a freeman with his right to keep and bear arms, then how can we trust him with the right to vote. Surely the right of a freeman to vote has a much greater effect on our collective lives than does any individual's firearm. If one argues that the effect of any one freeman's vote is minimal, then why allow it in the first place? To be armed is to secure one's right to representation.
Thomas Mincher

The more arguments you win, the fewer friends you'll have.

The weaker the argument, the stronger the words.

Sometimes when you're arguing with a fool, he's doing the same thing.







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