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Argument Quotes by William James
- As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy…
- The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
- Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of…
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- Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the… — Hosea Ballou
- Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. — Wendell Berry
- Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of… — Annie Besant
- The notion that somehow or another they'll (Iran) put it in a picnic basket and hand it to some terrorist group is… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments… — Mario Batali
- Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the… — John Berger
- Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it. — Edward de Bono