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Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.
Nothing is more certain than that much of the force as well as grace of arguments, as well as of instructions, depends on their conciseness.
When a man argues for victory and not for truth, he is sure of just one ally, that is the devil. Not the defeat of the intellect, bu the acceptance of the heart is theonly true object in fighting with the sword of the spirit.
Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
Clear statement is argument.
If I were to deliver up my whole self to the arbitrament of special pleaders, to-day I might be argued into an atheist, and to-morrow into a pickpocket.
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most unsubstantial; it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
An ill argument introduced with deference will procure more credit than the profoundest science with a rough, insolent, and noisy management.
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.
Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy; calmness is a great advantage.
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.
You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
To gain one’s way is no escape from the responsibility for an inferior solution.
Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into disputation, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
Swift.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
Herbert.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Prior.
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
Anacharsis.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.
Montaigne.
Nothing is more certain than that much of the force as well as grace of arguments, as well as of instructions, depends on their conciseness.
Pope.
When a man argues for victory and not for truth, he is sure of just one ally, that is the devil. Not the defeat of the intellect, bu the acceptance of the heart is theonly true object in fighting with the sword of the spirit.
G.Macdonald.
Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
Colton.
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
Tryon Edwards.
Clear statement is argument.
W.G.T.Shedd.
If I were to deliver up my whole self to the arbitrament of special pleaders, to-day I might be argued into an atheist, and to-morrow into a pickpocket.
Bulwer.
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most unsubstantial; 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.
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
Colton.
An ill argument introduced with deference will procure more credit than the profoundest science with a rough, insolent, and noisy management.
Locke.
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.
Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy; calmness is a great advantage.
Herbert.
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher.
You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer.
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
John, Lord Morley ( 1838-1923) English writer, Liberal politician.
Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author.
To gain one’s way is no escape from the responsibility for an inferior solution.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Statesman, writer.
Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into disputation, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
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