Samuel Butler's Quote - It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most

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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. – Samuel Butler

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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. – Samuel Butler

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For every why he had a wherefore. – Samuel Butler

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Use soft words and hard arguments. – English Proverb

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My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. – John Barrymore

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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. – Walter Benjamin

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As debate is rare in the House of Representatives, since nearly all real business is done in the committees, it is very natural that such debate as there is should be very oratorical, should be – D. W. Brogan

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