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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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"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."
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"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."
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"You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it."
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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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"In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort."
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"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number."
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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."
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"To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind."
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"You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument."
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"Never get into an argument with a schizophrenic person and say, "Who do you think you are?""
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"To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it."
Humor

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

"No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity."
Originality

"An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along."
Age

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

"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."
Conversation

"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."
Marriage

"Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel."
Illusion

"Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them."
Self

"Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold."
Family
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