Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.


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Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels
VOLTAIRE
Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET)
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides."- Unofficial UN Motto
ROBERT LYNN ASPRIN
So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincer...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
It's hard for both sides of the family. We hurt on both ends.
ANDRE COHEN
War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and ...
AMIT KALANTRI
Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.
PAUL RODRIGUEZ
The line of scrimmage, we lost it (against Oakland) on both sides.
MIKE MULARKEY
The water is the same on both sides of the boat
FINNISH PROVERB
Saying both sides participated in violence doesn't mean both sides are equally ideologically wrong, ...
T.J. KIRK
It's a strange situation. I've been on both sides of the bench, so I know how they feel.
DAWN KARPELL
It was a great game. We played solid on both sides of the field.
TROY ANDERSON
The evidence is unclear. There's research on both sides.
BILL MODZELESKI
It's tough, because you know both sides.
JAMAL CRAWFORD
After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?

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GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG
We played aggressive on both sides of the ball. The girls played awesome against Pahrump.
JOE GALLEGOS
We condemn such provocations on both sides. This is counterproductive and is only fanning tensions.
ALEXANDER KALUGIN
I think we maybe underestimated our opponent a little bit. We weren't as focused as we needed to be ...
TOM SAWYER
a vigorous examination on both sides of the aisle.
RICHARD SHELBY
The good news is there was movement on both sides.
BOB WOOD
Both sides of him are going to be on TV. One of those sides is going to get (him) caught.
JOHN GREUNIESEN
The crowd was great on both sides of the mat.
RICK BOWERS
We are dealing here with a conflict of rights; there's right on both sides.
DAVID TRIMBLE
And yet I wasn't sure what his weakness was. We all do that as we get to know someone. Like a tabloi...
WAYNE ELISE
We've been told we owe; we've been told we don't owe it, from reliable sources on both sides. We hon...
DAVID TROYER
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality o...
VICTOR HUGO
Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.
HELEN HUNT JACKSON
. . . and realizing there is no such thing as the Black experience. . . . Time and events allow for ...
ALICE CHILDRESS
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I think when you have as many lawyers that are involved on both sides, there is a danger that they a...
DAVID BOIES
There's a lack of adult leadership on both sides.
JAMES CARAFANO
Thirty seconds on both sides of the mouth should be enough.
DANIEL CARMICHAEL
Latin people also need the chance to you know have the American culture so we should have both sides...
ERIC MARTINEZ
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
HONORE DE BALZAC
We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and ...
CHARLES KENNEDY
Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.
PAUL RODRIGUEZ
I think we have very competitive teams on both the boys and the girls sides.
GARY FORREST
I don't hate on "both sides" to feel superior. I could feel superior on either side. I hate "both si...
T.J. KIRK
Both sides believe that their supporters are more motivated. It's impossible to guess who is right, ...
DAN SCHNUR
The plow extends approximately 16 inches on both sides of the tracks.
DAVID FUGITT
When you choose freedom, you also choose responsibility.
RICHIE NORTON
We need to talk about solutions that adequately reflect concerns on both sides.
JEANETTE DEMELO
We combined the best ideas from both sides of the aisle and both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
WILLIAM ROTH
Both sides stated their views on issues of concern seriously.
AKITAKA SAIKI
There were a lot of intelligent viewpoints on both sides.
RICHARD BECKER
It is my rule never to take a side in any part in the quarrels of others, nor to inquire into them. ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides.
FRANK TYGER
I'm convinced both sides made a commitment to this, and we have made a commitment to help in this pr...
ANTHONY ZINNI
Both sides played extremely good defensive football. It maybe wasn't a fan-friendly game with a lot ...
LARRY WILCOX
This was a heck of a game on both sides of the football,
ROBERT HILL
Much might be said on both sides.
JOSEPH ADDISON
We don't expect that both sides agree on all issues. On some issues we will find a common ground, on...
HUA JIANG
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
AESOP
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either
AESOP
Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the e...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL
I think both sides won, and both sides lost,
ALAN YAMAMOTO
Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remain...
GEORGE WILLIAM NORRIS
We controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, but almost gave it away in the second...
DAVE CURRID
Both sides should demand a speedy trial.
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE
We do do that. If we get specific complaints, we'll put an officer out there to educate pedestrians ...
INSPECTOR DANIEL JACKSON
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.]
UNKNOWN
Certainly there is a realization on both sides of the aisle that this issue needs some airing.
JAY PRICE
They've both had a lot of experience, and they'll kind of stabilize our infield. At least we have ex...
JANET LUGGE
It was our best game of the year. We played very solid on both sides of the ball for four quarters.
CARY THOMPSON
There are people on all sides of me that I know and trust. I know they're watching out for my kids a...
LESLIE WHITE
There were a lot of lead changes, opportunities on both sides.
ANDY NIETO
I think the important thing to emphasize here [is] that as long as there is reciprocity, as long as ...
RAANAN GISSIN
Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
There are certainly strong feelings on both sides,
JENNIFER HARRIS
Both sides continue to work on core issues.
JEFF MATHEWS
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
DARRELL ISSA
There are some complex details to this settlement, as you can imagine. We are happy with it. Both si...
DOCK BLANCHARD
Whatever we may think of the merits of torturing children for pleasure, and no doubt there is much t...
G.K. CHESTERTON
It all starts with the communities and administration. There was a lot of open-mindedness on both si...
MARK HARMON
Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.
W. C. SELLAR
People are seeing a return on their investment, on both sides, both on the education side and the in...
LISA PETERSON
We felt like we needed to bolster our lines on both sides. I felt like we did that.
JON HEACOCK
Hamilton works hard and will have an effect on both sides of the ball.
BOB WEINHOLD
One of the things I find depressing about some of the upper echelons of Anglicanism on both sides of...
N. T. WRIGHT
We all have weakness and strength. I have to fight against the weakness in my personality. Everyone ...
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
We're excited about it. It's been kind of fun because we think we have a chance on both sides (girls...
BRENT HAWKINS
We executed well on both sides of the ball and controlled the line of scrimmage. Although we made a ...
GEOFF WARD
It was a different type of game tonight. We responded well. I think our line won on both sides of th...
COACH BRETT NEWTON
Unless the president can stop the political rhetoric on both sides, we will not get to conference co...
KEVIN APPLEBY
If both sides decided they wanted to redouble their efforts, they could conclude in the time we have...
BARBARA WEISEL
Well, we were beaten by a very good football team today. They are very solid on both sides of the ba...
BARRY ALVAREZ
We know that people on both sides have been working in good faith to resolve this situation, and we ...
ALLISON DOBSON
If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money is tied up in it.
VERDA ROSS
If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money is tied up in it.
VERDA ROSS
We just didn't play. There's nothing else I can say. We got beat up and down the field on both sides...
HARRY HUBBARD
I grew up in Rhode Island. Most of my family on both sides is from Rhode Island.
SEAN SPICER
In the second half, and I don't have any numbers as far as time of possession goes, but we really co...
DEAN CAPPEL
Well-intentioned people on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers are serious about ending abu...
BILL FAITH
It was a hard-fought game on both sides.
BRUCE HARTLEY
You can't lose if you are on both sides.
MILAN STOJILOVIC
It is necessary to approach the study of the issue from all sides to find as much information as pos...
SUNDAY ADELAJA
The United States is speaking out of both sides of its mouth,
VOLTAIRE
Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry...
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.
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