Argument Quote by Francis Beaumont Download Open image “It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.” — Francis Beaumont ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Argument Injury Noble Silence
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“The act of silence is wisdom for ignoring a provoking situation.” — Lailah GiftyAkita Copy Share Image
However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
As men do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise. — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion… — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us. — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
“My hard fortunes Deserve not scorn; for I was never proud When they were good.” — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
It is a word that's quickly spoken, which being unrestrained, a heart is broken — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s keyboard.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
