Aesop on argument
Aesop109 quotes“No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.”
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Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
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AesopAesop He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
AesopAesop Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
AesopAesop A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
AesopAesop The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
AesopAesop Beware of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
AesopAesop A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
AesopAesop Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain
AesopAesop Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
AesopAesop Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
AesopAesop Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AesopAesop Labour is the source of every blessing.
AesopAesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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More on argument
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle It’s unarguable that the right shoes can really add elegance to an outfit and to the person who’s wearing them. Take a pair of high heels, for instance. Suddenly, you’re looking taller, shoulders back, body curved.
Kareena KapoorKareena Kapoor When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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