The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants it is the creed of slaves.
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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
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If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
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If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men.
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Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed
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Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument
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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
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Keep cool; anger is not an argument
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Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.
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I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
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That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not
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I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
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An Argument needs no reason; Nor any friendship.
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I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.
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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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The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all that is necessary is to deny that it exists
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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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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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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen
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In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument
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When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense
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When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners
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