“ 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. ”
- Omar Khayyam- Copy
- 998
“ In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below. ”
- John McCrae- Copy
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“ Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance. ”
- Robert Quillen- Copy
- 1.2K
“ It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 688
“ A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. ”
- Leonard Bernstein- Copy
- 1.9K
“ A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises from words. ”
- Edmund Burke- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. ”
- C.C. Colton- Copy
- 466
“ If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure. ”
- John Bright- Copy
- 3K
“ I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten, even by God. ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. ”
- Friedrich von Schiller- Copy
- 631
“ Those, who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
- 669
“ The two most beautiful words in the English language are ``check enclosed.''. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Fortunately, analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. ”
- Karen Horney- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Servant of God, well done! Well hast thou fought The better fight. ”
- John Milton- Copy
- 1K
“ The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool. ”
- Frank Garbutt- Copy
- 4K
“ Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space. ”
- Rebecca West- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. ”
- Anne Sophie Swetchine- Copy
- 749
“ We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation. ”
- Robert E. Lee- Copy
- 2.7K
“ A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 770
“ Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar. ”
- Ben Jonson- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Curiosity... endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. ”
- Alistair Cooke- Copy
- 2.7K
“ If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ”
- Robert Southey- Copy
- 59
“ He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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