Antagonist Quote by Joseph Addison

Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise

— Euripides

A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and…

— Joseph Addison

Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.

— Plutarch

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

— Anacharsis

A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

— Benjamin Disraeli

A fair-minded man tries to see both sides of an argument.

— Aesop

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control

— SangFroid Stalker

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.

— Aristotle

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself

— Samuel Butler

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.

— L. Ron Hubbard

When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence

— Ralph Waldo Emerson