"I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding."

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"I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding."

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"It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about."

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"Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions."

E. T. Bell, Scottish Mathematician

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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

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Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

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"The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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