Argument Quotes

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Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. — Honore de Balzac
No truth is proved, no truth achieved, by argument, and the ready-made truths men offer you are mere conveniences or drugs to make you sleep. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he… — Aristotle
In our swamp of media sensationalism and group-speak, BOSTON REVIEW stands out as a bold voice for reason and argument, one of the very, very… — Martha C. Nussbaum
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. — William Hazlitt
I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love. — Philip Yancey
The purpose of apologetics is not just to win an argument or a discussion, but that people with whom we are in contact may become… — Francis Schaeffer
When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself. — Timothy Keller
Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. — William Shakespeare
Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought… — Mark Twain
Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument. — Robert South
Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. Dissent (which come from the Latin, dis and sentire) means originally to feel apart from others. People who… — Daniel J. Boorstin
When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument. — Virginia Woolf
Religious contention is the devil's harvest. — Jean de La Fontaine
But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love.… — George Eliot
When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In excess altercation, truth is lost. — Publilius Syrus
There is nothing that a New-Englander so nearly worships as an argument. — Henry Ward Beecher
Use soft words in hard arguments. — Henry George Bohn
Most people are brought to faith in Christ not by argument for it but by exposure to it. — Sam Shoemaker

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