Mark Twain Quotes

I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument.

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

I'm not trying to prove anything.

Argument is conclusive … but … it does not remove doubt.

Analogies prove nothing, that is quite true, but they can make one feel more at home.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.

You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

The facts are on our side.

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

Good argument is intended to persuade another.

I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

If you go on stage with an agenda, you have to accept not everyone's going to agree with it.