Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.
Arguing - Arguments Quotes
(Johnson said)… striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, “I refute it thus.”
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.
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.
