Opposers Quotes

• Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

  William Penn

  Truth, Freedom, Suffering

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.135

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• There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Confidence, Perseverance, Believe

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• I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

  Edward Gibbon

  Respect, Life And Love, Mistake

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• The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants

  Richard Eberhart

  War, Enemy, Hours

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• An Inconvenient Truth is so convincing that it makes opposers of the argument as credible as Holocaust deniers.

  Jon Niccum

  Holocaust, Argument, Truth Is

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• Now the fair goddess, Fortune,
  Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms
  Misguide thy opposers' swords!

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Deep Love, Fairness

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.38

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• This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and awe- - that is described by the torrent, the flame, and every other instance of irresistible impetuosity.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Flames, Lightning, Astonishment

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Miscellaneous Works: The bee. Essays. An inquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductions”, p.131

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• The most effective sermons are those which make opposers of the Gospel bite their lips and gnash their teeth.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Teeth, Lips, Bites

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 44: Sermons 2549-2602”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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