"Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side."

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"He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Argument, Reason

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

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Argument, Word, Meaning, Interpretation

"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

"Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand."

Cardinal De Retz, French Clergyman

Argument, Arguments, Nothing

"There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Argument, Wind

"Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose."

Cullen Hightower, American Humorist

Argument, Being, Praise

"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

"Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Argument, Help

"The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face."

Sydney J. Harris, American Journalist

Argument, Being, Loss, Right

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"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."

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"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."

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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

Respect

"It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you."

Envy

"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."

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"He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak."

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

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

"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."

"Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand."

"There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

"Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose."

"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."

"Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it."

"The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face."

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"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."

"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

"Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second."

"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."

"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."

"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."

"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

"It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you."

"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."