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Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #defenselessness #double-standards #falsehood #hypocrisy

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting. ↗

— David Beckham

#criticism #definitely #different #different ways #fighting

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#confess #defect #easier #quality #than

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#defeat #destroy #entire #everyone #families

If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#actually #blocking #capture #city #defenders

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think. ↗

— Peter Berg

#defines #failure #great #great success #had

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love. ↗

— George Best

#buy #certainly #definitely #i #love

I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too. ↗

— Nuno Bettencourt

#also #definitely #get #i #influences

I think the definition of a book is changing. ↗