The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Arguing - Arguments Quotes
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they’re yours.
“You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak – Pray, how did you manage to do it? “In my youth,” said his father, “I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; […]
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me.
“You are old,” said the youth, “as I mentioned before, And make errors few people could bear; You complain about everyone’s English but yours – Do you really think this is quite fair?” – “I make lots of mistakes,” Father William declared, “But my stature these days is so great That no critic can hurt […]
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
He thought he saw an argument That proved he was the Pope. He looked again and found it was A bar of mottled soap. “A fact so dread,” he faintly said, “Extinguishes all hope.”
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
