Argument There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. - James Russell Lowell
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. - James Russell Lowell
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. - James Russell Lowell
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - James Russell Lowell
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. - James Russell Lowell
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. - James Russell Lowell
Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue. - Charles Simmons
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion. - Phyllis McGinley
For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught. - Roger Bacon
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. - Baltasar Gracian
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus. - Al Franken
First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. - David McCullough