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    Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
    above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis
    best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent
    spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves
    an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.

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"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

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I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Argument Quotes,
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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

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The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

by Dale Carnegie Found in: Argument Quotes,
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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

by John Dryden Found in: Argument Quotes,
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If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

by George Herbert Found in: Argument Quotes,
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