Counsel searching for authority for lack of argument.
Arguing - Arguments Quotes
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
To push advantages too far is neither generous nor just.
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.
(Johnson said)… striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, “I refute it thus.”
