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

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

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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

Argument, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

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

E. T. Bell, Scottish Mathematician

Argument, Proof

"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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"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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"Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Argument, Custom, Manners, Morals

"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

Argument, Arguments, Being, Fact, Party

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

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

Argument, Satisfaction

"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

Argument, Arguments, Blind, Want

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

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Argument, Arguments

"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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"On the virtuous man "He combines the highest, lowest and middle chords in complete harmony within himself."

Virtue

"The State is like a great and noble steed who is tardy in his motions owing to his very size, and requires to be stirred into life. I am that gadfly which God has given the State and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you. You will not easily find another like me."

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"To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils."

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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."

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

"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."

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

"Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

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"Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand."

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

"Knowledge unqualified is knowledge simply of something learned."

"Necessity who is the mother of our invention."

"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."

"Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails."

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

"On the virtuous man "He combines the highest, lowest and middle chords in complete harmony within himself."

"To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils."