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A man never tells you anything until you contradict him. --George Bernard Shaw

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. --Aesop

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. --Michel de Montaigne

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. --Dave Barry

I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion is anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds. One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. --Bertrand Russell

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

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. --Jeseph Joubert

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. --Gilbert K. Chesterton

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. --Josh Billings

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you. --Kin Hubbard

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

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. --Michel de Montaigne

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards. --George Santanyana

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. --John Morley