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Persuasion12 quotes
Always be closing. — Blake · 1992Who overcomes
By force hath overcome but half his foe. — John Milton · 1667You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. — Albert Camus · 1956The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions. — Socrates · 360 BCFor in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. — Alexander Hamilton · 1787You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him. — John Morley · 1874All 12 quotes →Charm1 quote
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. — Albert Camus · 1956Hackery1 quote
The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions. — Socrates · 360 BCLogic1 quote
Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite, are necessarily men of violence. We speak of "touching" a man's heart, but we can do nothing to his head but hit it. — G.K. Chesterton · 1902Moral progress1 quote
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. — R.S. Surtees · 1846Partial victory1 quote
Who overcomes
By force hath overcome but half his foe. — John Milton · 1667Persecution1 quote
For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. — Alexander Hamilton · 1787Political conflict1 quote
For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. — Alexander Hamilton · 1787Politics1 quote
For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. — Alexander Hamilton · 1787Power dynamics1 quote
Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade. — Edward Gibbon · 1789Powerlessness1 quote
Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade. — Edward Gibbon · 1789Reason1 quote
Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite, are necessarily men of violence. We speak of "touching" a man's heart, but we can do nothing to his head but hit it. — G.K. Chesterton · 1902Sales1 quote
Always be closing. — Blake · 1992Sophistry1 quote
The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions. — Socrates · 360 BCSuppression of speech1 quote
You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him. — John Morley · 1874