Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Thursday, July 11, 2013 – Voltaire
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Thursday, July 11, 2013 – Voltaire
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”
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“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.”
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“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
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“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”
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“Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.”
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“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
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“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
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“Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.”
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“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
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“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”
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“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”
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“I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”
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“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
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“Love truth, but pardon error.”
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“Man is free at the instant he wants to be.”
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“All men are equal; it is not their birth, But virtue itself that makes the difference.”
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“We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.”
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“When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.”
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“Common sense is not so common.”
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“Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.”
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“Nothing is so common as to imitate one’s enemies, and to use their weapons.”
Wikipedia: Voltaire