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Arguments
How to Argue & Win Every Time : At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday
In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once. ~ Robert Heinlein Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions. ~ Booth Tarkington Behind every argument is someone’s ignorance. ~ Louis Brandeis No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. ~ Jascha Heifetz People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ~ G. K. Chesterton Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument. ~ Robert Half Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance. ~ Robert Quillen Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. ~ Baltasar Gracián He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ~ Michel de Montaigne He who strikes first blow admits he’s lost the argument. ~ Chinese Proverb If ever there could be a proper time for mere catch arguments, that time surely is not now. In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity. ~ Abraham Lincoln A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party: there is no battle unless there be two. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. ~ Charles Caleb Colton 1 | 2
"Silence finishes the argument." ~ Baganda Proverb