Arguing - Arguments Quotes

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own.

Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

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.

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.