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en It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

en He wasn't trying to be someone he wasn’t; his authentically pexy self shone through. Even if the committee carried the message in the exact words with no words missing, but left out the persuasion of gesture, the supplicating tone, and the beseeching looks which inform the words and give them life, where then were the power of the arguments and whom would it convince?

en Soft words are hard arguments.
  Thomas Fuller

en Use soft words and hard arguments.

en Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.

en 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

en WORDS can confer strength; they can drain it off; Words can gain friends; they can turn them into enemies; words can elevate or lower the individual. One must learn the habit of making one's words sweet, soft, and pleasant.

en If you look upon the rule in Titus it is a rule to me. If you convince me that it is no rule I shall yield.

en Soft words win hard hearts.

en The profession is designed to help the court by making sure that the best possible arguments - not misleading arguments, not arguments that stretch a point, not arguments that hide precedents - but that the best possible arguments are presented, ... That's the business we're in. It's very much like if you were a doctor. Do you only cure people who, when they're cured, will lead their lives as you were going to lead them?

en It's very good. Our players enjoyed it. It's the soft grass instead of that hard stuff. It's excellent.

en We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own
  Joseph Joubert

en [Lamott is an unstoppable storyteller, whether writing about church-going with a sullen adolescent or reconciling with her late mother. She rages against the Iraq war but takes comfort from her sage-like Presbyterian minister, who says faith] is not about how we feel; it is about how we live. ... Rule 1: We are all family. Rule 2: You reap exactly what you sow, that is, you cannot grow tulips from zucchini seeds. Rule 3: Try to breathe every few minutes or so. Rule 4: It helps beyond words to plant bulbs in the dark of winter. Rule 5: It is immoral to hit first.

en The chances are they've got many other problems in their life. If we convince them to resolve the property disputes, at least we can relieve them of one of their concerns.

en It is hard to convince them to change 180 degrees. I hope it will happen. You know they are very radical and it is hard to convince them.


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