Arguing - Arguments Quotes

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

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.

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

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

An ill argument introduced with deference will procure more credit than the profoundest science with a rough, insolent, and noisy management.

That’s a definition, not a theorem. That means you don’t argue with it; you just write it down and memorize it.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

The elaborate argument… does not need an elaborate answer.