I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.

Michel de Montaigne

Tags: reason victory pleasure weakness open-mind force pride argument ardor dispute adversary changed-mind



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A mother's hardest to forgive.
Life is the fruit she longs to hand you
Ripe on a plate. And while you live,
Relentlessly she understands you.

Phyllis McGinley

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To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to be impossible is for one to see his weakness as, not an adversary, but the cherry on top of his strength, to rearrange the scar so that it compliments his features.

Criss Jami

Tags: strength weakness impossible flaws excellence scar imperfection ignore amazing attributes unbelievable cherry adversary traits acceptable complimentary features rearrange



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If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

Robert Jordan

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We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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