Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.
How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!
I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
I had a lovers quarrel with the world.
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.
If you argue with a woman and win, you lose.
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to ''meddle not''.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
Men argue, nature acts.
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
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