Argument Quotes - Page 4
Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.231
Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.
Thomas Sowell (1995). “The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy”, p.68, Basic Books
Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.223, ReadHowYouWant.com
Isaac Watts (1813). “The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes”, p.495
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.56, Penguin
Sigmund Freud (2015). “A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Top of Sigmund Freud”, p.7, 谷月社
In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once.
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.322, Penguin
Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.
J. Sidlow Baxter (1994). “Awake, My Heart: Daily Devotional Studies for the Year”, p.332, Kregel Publications
A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.
William Stanley Jevons (1883). “Methods of Social Reform: And Other Papers”
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
"Anima Hominis" (1924)
Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 31 Mar. 1778)