A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities; silences the loud and clamorous and cringes over the most obstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom of Athens; confounded their statesmen; struck their orators dumb; and at length argued them out of all their liberties.
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and canceling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains.
Heat and animosity contest and conflict may sharpen the wits although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding clear the perspicacity guide the judgment or improve the heart.
I agree with you Mr. Chairman that the working men are the basis of all governments for the plain reason that they are the more numerous and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present representing not only the working class but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments not only of the native born citizens but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries.
Argue for your limitations and sure enough theyre yours.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Argument are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Quarrels would not last so long if the fault were only on one side.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities; silences the loud and clamorous and cringes over the most obstinate and inflexible. Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom of Athens; confounded their statesmen; struck their orators dumb; and at length argued them out of all their liberties.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue About them.
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
He who establishes his arguments by noise and command shows that reason is weak.
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and canceling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains.
Calmness is great advantage; he that lets Another chafe may warm him at his fire.
When men understand what each other mean they see for the most part that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Argument as usually managed is the worst sort of conversation as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Argue for your limitations and sure enough theyre yours.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Behind every argument is someones ignorance.
When you have no basis for an argument abuse the plaintiff.
Mens arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.’08-02-2010
The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
No matter what side of the argument you are on you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
Beaten with his owne rod.
The sounder your argument the more satisfaction you get out of it.
If you cant answer a mans argument all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.
The aim of argument or of discussion should not be victory but progress.
Heat and animosity contest and conflict may sharpen the wits although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding clear the perspicacity guide the judgment or improve the heart.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
I agree with you Mr. Chairman that the working men are the basis of all governments for the plain reason that they are the more numerous and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present representing not only the working class but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments not only of the native born citizens but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
Never argue; repeat your assertion.
Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief.
Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.
When much dispute has past we find our tenets just the same at last.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
A word to the wise is often enough to start an argument.
Men argue; nature acts.
I am not arguing with youI am telling you.
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.