(179 quotes found)
“Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off”
African Proverb
“Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.”
Seneca
“At a round table there is no dispute about place”
Italian Proverb
“How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms”
Aristotle
“PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply --the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking”
George Eliot
“Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so. It is not so. It is so. It is not so.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.”
Tom Cruise
“Grammarians dispute, and the case is still before the courts.”
Horace
