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    He'd undertake to prove, by force
    Of argument, a man's no horse.
    He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
    And that a Lord may be an owl,
    A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,
    And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.

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Reproachful speech from either side
The want of argument supplied;
They rail, reviled; as often ends
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Reproachful speech from either side
The want of argument supplied;
They rail, reviled; as often ends
The contests of disputing friends.

by John Gay Found in: Argument Quotes,
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It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

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It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

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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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It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.

by William Gibbs Mcadoo Found in: Argument Quotes,
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To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.

To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.

by Seneca Found in: Argument Quotes,
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Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.

Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Argument Quotes,
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When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.

When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.

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Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

by Milan Kundera Found in: Argument Quotes,
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