There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; read more

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Make fair agreements and stick to them

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, read more

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.