Argument

Jean de La Fontaine Poet, Fabulist

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"The argument of the strongest is always the best."

Argument Strongest

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar

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"By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result?"

Argument Patient Arguing

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Aesop Fabulist

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"Most arguments are useless."

Life Argument Useless

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Isaac Watts Hymn Writer, Poet

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"Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument."

Littles Argument Patient

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Milan Kundera Writer

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"Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought."

Effort Argument Justify

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Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher

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"When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case."

Views Sides Argument

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Andre Gide Novelist

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"Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding."

Argument Quarrels Amplify

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

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"All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil."

Evil Poverty Argument

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author

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"Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?"

Emotional Argument Logic

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Frank Herbert Science Fiction Writer

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"The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth."

Purpose Argument Thrive

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George Santayana Philosopher, Poet

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"Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy."

Enemy Weapons Argument

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician

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"Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty."

Humble Argument Modesty

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Jane Austen Novelist

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"Arguments are too much like disputes."

Too Much Argument Disputes

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Dale Carnegie Author, Speaker

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"Avoid Arguments Like Rattlesnakes And Earthquakes"

Argument Earthquakes Rattlesnakes

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Barack Obama Politician

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"If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country."

Country Body Argument

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author

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"You can not have an argument with a fully conscious person."

Argument Conscious Can Not

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist

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"I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it."

Believe Belief Argument

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician

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"The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading"

Philosophy Special Argument

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Ali Smith Author

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"A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book."

Book Argument Proof

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Activist, Author

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"I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim."

Argument Victim Infidel

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