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"Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side."
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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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"Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check."
Hope
"Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way."
Dream
"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."
Age
"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."
Chance
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."
Ability
"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."
Evil
"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."
Success
"Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent."
Talent
"Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave."
People
"Work is the price which is paid for reputation."
Work
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