"Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument."

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"Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument."

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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."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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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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Susan Griffin, American Writer

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William Gilbert, British Composer

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"The argument of the strongest is always the best."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

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"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

Voltaire, French Writer

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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."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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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."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

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