Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Arguing - Arguments Quotes
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.”
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.