True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

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"On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale."

- Alexander Pope

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"Those move easiest who have learned to dance."

- Alexander Pope

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"To err is human; to forgive, divine."

- Alexander Pope

Forgiveness

"Give me a six-hour window to cut a man’s hair, and I will learn his life story."

- Alexander Pope

Insight

"Coffee, which makes the politicians wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes."

- Alexander Pope

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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