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Argument Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
- There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever desires to be…
- The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly…
- Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.
- Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not…
- The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed…
- All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
- You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
- Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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