ARGUMENTS
Related Index Topics: Anger, Hate, Humility/Pride, Relations with People, Criticism & Gossip, Righteousness/Self-righteousness
- To disagree is one thing; to be disagreeable is another.
- It will do no good to argue if you’re in the wrong, & if you’re right–you don’t need to.
- Many an argument is sound–& only sound!
- The more arguments you win, the fewer friends you’ll have.
- Before you have an argument with your boss, you’d better take a good look at both sides–his side & the outside.
- The weaker the argument, the stronger the words.
- Sometimes when you’re arguing with a fool, he’s doing the same thing.
- An argument produces plenty of heat, but not much light.
- You get out of an argument exactly what you put into it–a lot of hot air.
- In an argument the best weapon to hold is your tongue.
- Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance.
- A husband & wife in Montana make it a point not to argue over anything not worth arguing about. Of course, this leads to some dandy fights over whether or not a subject is worthwhile.
- An argument is a collision in which two trains of thought are derailed.
- If you must argue, the best way to win is to start by being right.
- Don’t argue at the dinner table. The one who is not hungry always wins the argument.
- When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence.
- Arguing about religion is much easier than practicing it.
- It is a rare thing to win an argument & the other fellow’s respect at the same time.
- It is fair to hear both sides of an argument, it is heavenly to hear the end of it.
- An ounce of facts is worth a ton of arguments.
- More homes are destroyed by fusses than by funerals or fires.
- There’s one thing to be said of ignorance–it causes a lot of interesting arguments.
- When a man uses profanity to support an argument, it indicates that either the man or the argument is weak–probably both.
- What a great World this would be if people would spend as much energy practicing their religion as they spend quarrelling about it.
- Strong & bitter words indicate a weak cause.–Victor Hugo
- Silence is one of the hardest things to refute.
- Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
- A sure way to stop a red-hot argument is to lay a few cold facts on it.
- The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is being in the middle.
- The only people who really listen to an argument are the neighbours.