Argument
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Argument, Contradiction, Self delusion
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I'll not listen to reason.Reason always means what someone else has got to say.
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I have never in my life learnt anything from any man who agreed with me.
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History is a slippery business; the past is not a constant, but a landscape that mutates according to argument and opinion.
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The health of democracy can be measured in its capacity to host civil public disagreement.
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Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.
Argument, Poetry, Self Criticism
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The aim of argument or of discussion should be not victory, but progress.
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A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
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When you sling mud, you lose ground.
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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You don’t want to get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
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If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point twice. Then come back and hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.
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The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.
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Silence is argument carried out by others means.
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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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Never argue with an idiot because bystanders don’t know who the idiot is.
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I prefer people who rock the boat to those who jump out.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttle fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him until he becomes invisible.
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Time spent arguing is almost never wasted.
