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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than int

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. – Benjamin Franklin

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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin

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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. – Lord Chesterfield

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I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. – Dwight D Eisenhower

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For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction. – Janet Frame

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