"The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it."

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"The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it."

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

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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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."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Argument, Debate, Opinion, Time, Wisdom

"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Argument, Word, Meaning, Interpretation

"What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Argument, Conviction, Sense, Will

"If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter."

Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

Argument, Quarrel, Will

"For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction."

Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist

Argument, Destruction, Man, Will

"A day without an argument is like an egg without salt."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

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"We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder."

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"Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record."

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"The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions."

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

"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."

"A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments."

"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."

"We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it."

"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."

"What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you."

"If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter."

"For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction."

"A day without an argument is like an egg without salt."

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"In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others."

"If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it."

"A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises."

"We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder."

"Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record."

"The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions."

"We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence."

"The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past."