The aimof argument

The aimof argument
The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
  

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COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.
Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.
The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.
Never answer a letter while you are angry.
Discord gives a relish to concord.
Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.
Genius is a long impatience.
Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.