Argument
Quotations ♠ ©winnie caw
2002
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Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.
~ Joseph Addison
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There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
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No matter which side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
~ Jascha Heifetz
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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
~ Ed Howe
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If you cannot answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
~ Elbert Hubbard
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
~ Joseph Joubert.
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The most savage controversies are those about matters to which there is no good evidence either way.
~ Bertrand Russell
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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.
~ May Sarton
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Argument, as usually managed, is the worst kind of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst kind of reading.
~ Jonathan Swift
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Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
~ Booth Tarkington
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Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
~ Oscar Wilde
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An argument is like a country road; you never know where it is going to lead.
~ Unknown.
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