"I never make the mistake of arguing with……" — Edward Gibbon
"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."
—
Edward Gibbon
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
95 Quotes by Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon has 95 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst…
-
Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious…
-
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is…
-
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
-
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to…
-
The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses that he has related whatever might redound to the glory,…
-
Style is the image of character.
-
I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of…
-
'I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The…
-
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain…
-
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and…
-
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.
See all 95 quotes by Edward Gibbon »
More Arguing Quotes
This quote is filed under Arguing Quotes,
one of 1,035 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
— Marcus Aurelius
-
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
— Richard Bach
-
You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally…
— Scott Adams
-
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
— Pierre Beaumarchais
-
The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you…
— Bono
-
Sometimes, if you really don't know how you feel about a topic, reading how both sides argue it can help.
— Elayne Boosler
-
I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my…
— Sandra Bullock
-
I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people…
— Sandra Bullock
-
The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right…
— Madeleine Albright
-
The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and…
— Barbara Bush
-
Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think…
— Vince Cable
-
Simon drives me crazy. We are still arguing.
— Paula Abdul
See all 1,035 Arguing Quotes »