Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

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. ~ Gilbert 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

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