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Tue 19 Nov, 2002 07:34 pm
'He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.'
~ Michel de Montaigne
'There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.'
~ Michel de Montaigne
'I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.'
~ Dudley Field Malone
'Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.'
~ Oscar Wilde
It is debate if I sway you to my position. It is mere argument if you persist in your position.
timber
I will have to bookmark this site. I love
quotes and must locate some of my
favorites
'Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.'
~ Thomas Carlyle
And I would agree with you, maxsdadeo.....
Just a quote I felt worthy of posting.
Disagree with both of you.
Oh, Rae, I am just being argumentative.
'When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.'
~ Eugene V. Debs
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Popular opinion is often wrong.
'I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means ~ except by getting off his back.'
~ Leo Tolstoy
How does that one go, about the victors in war writing history?
If I had any kind of order to my quotes collection, I'd be able to find it easily, Booman.....for now, I'll try to stumble across the quote you're looking for.
There are three sides to every argument:
Your Side
My Side
The truth
Anon
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