"What was tortuously secured by complex argument becomes……" — Rebecca Goldstein
"What was tortuously secured by complex argument becomes widely shared intuition, so obvious that we forget its provenance. We don’t see it, because we see with it."
More Argument Quotes
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- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
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- The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. — Lord Acton
- Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can… — Hosea Ballou
- I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. — Douglas Adams
- My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. — John Barrymore
- I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations… — Mario Batali
- It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais
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- A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own… — Joseph Addison