(Johnson said)… striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, “I refute it thus.”
Arguing - Arguments Quotes
When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.
If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a temporary victory – sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent’s good will.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
There’s only one thing worse than the man who will argue over anything, and that’s the man who will argue over nothing.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
I hate a quarrel because it interrupts an argument.
All you get from a circular argument is dizzy.
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
