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If a couple could see themselves twenty years later they might not recognize their love, but they would recognize their argument.
James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays, # 20 (2001)
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Added on 11-Sep-15 | Last updated 14-Sep-21
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Topics: argue, argument, conflict, couple, dispute, marriage, relationships, time
More quotes by Richardson, James The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said.
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) English writer, literary scholar, lay theologian [Clive Staples Lewis]
Reflections on the Psalms (1964)
Added on 15-Aug-14 | Last updated 15-Aug-14
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Topics: argue, debate, influence
More quotes by Lewis, C.S. Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
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Lebanese proverb
Added on 1-Aug-14 | Last updated 1-Aug-14
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Topics: argue, argument, calm, civil, civility, dispute, politeness, quiet
More quotes by ~Other In the end is it not futile to try and follow the course of a quarrel between husband and wife? Such a conversation is sure to meander more than any other. It draws in tributary arguments and grievances from years before — all quite incomprehensible to any but the two people they concern most nearly. Neither party is ever proved right or wrong in such a case, or, if they are, what does it signify?
Susanna Clarke (b. 1949) British author
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (2004)
Added on 18-Jun-14 | Last updated 18-Jun-14
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Topics: argue, argument, husband, marriage, quarrel, wife
More quotes by Clarke, Susanna Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
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Frequently attributed to Twain and also to Immanuel Kant (but never, in either case, with any citation). The phrase first makes recognizable (if anonymous) appearance in the late 19th Century; attributions to Twain begin in the late 1990s. See also
Proverbs 26:4. For more discussion (and a shout-out to WIST) see
here.
Added on 5-Jun-14 | Last updated 25-Mar-19
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Topics: argue, argument, debate, dispute, dolt, drag down, fool, idiot
More quotes by Twain, Mark I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) English historian
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Added on 30-May-14 | Last updated 30-May-14
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Topics: argue, argument, debate, dolt, fool, respect
More quotes by Gibbon, Edward If a donkey bray at you, don’t bray at him.
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English proverb
Added on 16-May-14 | Last updated 16-May-14
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Topics: argue, argument, dolt, idiot, ignore, response, troll
More quotes by ~Other In a Debate, rather pull to Pieces the Argument of thy Antagonist than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own Country.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 766 (1725)
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Added on 9-May-14 | Last updated 2-Oct-24
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Topics: argue, argument, attack, counter-argument, debate
More quotes by Fuller, Thomas (1654) Be brief, be pointed, let your matter stand
Lucid in order, solid and at hand;
Spend not your words on trifles but condense;
Strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense;
Press to close with vigor, once begun,
And leave, (how hard the task!) leave off, when done.
Joseph Story (1779-1845) American lawyer, jurist, Supreme Court Justice (1811-1845)
“Advice to a Young Lawyer”,
The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Vol. 5 (1831)
Added on 13-Feb-14 | Last updated 13-Feb-14
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Topics: argue, argument, convince, court, legal
More quotes by Story, Joseph There is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument — and that is to avoid it.
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) American writer, lecturer
How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
Added on 31-Jan-14 | Last updated 31-Jan-14
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Topics: argue, contention, winning
More quotes by Carnegie, Dale Where two discourse, if the one’s anger rise,
The man who lets the contest fall is wise.
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Protesilaus, fragment 656
Also attributed to Plutarch.
Added on 16-Aug-13 | Last updated 9-May-14
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Topics: anger, argue, argument, concede, dispute, peacemaker
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