Arguing about religion is much easier than practicing it.
—Unknown
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
—Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) Soviet Head of State
The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is being in the middle.
—Indian Proverb
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
—Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) American Socialite, Philanthropist
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion, but rather to know it.
—Andre Maurois (1885–1967) French Novelist, Biographer
Don’t argue at the dinner table. The one who is not hungry always wins the argument.
—Unknown
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
—Unknown
The more humble a man is before God, the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
—E. W. Howe (1853–1937) American Novelist, Editor
He who strikes the first blow admits he’s lost the argument.
—Indian Proverb
I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that’s the only way of insuring one’s mortality.
—James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish Novelist, Poet
In an argument the best weapon to hold is your tongue.
—Indian Proverb
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
When a man uses profanity to support an argument, it indicates that either the man or the argument is weak—probably both.
—Indian Proverb
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.
—Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) American Author, Speaker, Consultant
When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument.
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) Polish-born British Novelist
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
—John Locke (1632–1704) English Philosopher, Physician
Many can argue; not many converse
—Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) American Teacher, Writer, Philosopher
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbor’s creed has lent.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The only people who really listen to an argument are the neighbours.
—Indian Proverb
It is impossible to win an argument with an ignorant man
—Indian Proverb
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English Polymath, Philosopher, Political/Social Theorist
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
—Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) Spanish Educator, Philosopher, Author
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.
—Robert Quillen (1887–1948) American Journalist, Humorist
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience: hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
—Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) English Elizabethan Dramatist
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