Usually, it is man who attacks; as for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.
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On his numerous mistresses, as quoted in The True Story of the Empress Eugénie (1921) by Guy Jean Raoul Eug?ne Charles Emmanuel de Savoie-Carignan Soissons, Ccomte de Soissons
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Variant translation: It is usually the man who attacks. As for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.
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As quoted in The Mistresses : Domestic Scandals of the 19th-Century Monarchs (1966) by E. Cobham BrewerNapoleon III
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
Malcolm X
I often say that sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defense. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks.
Pierre Bourdieu
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
Malcolm (Malcolm Little) X
Billy Martin proved what a powerful strategic tool paranoia is. He believed that everyone was against him. And so he spent every waking moment figuring out how imaginary enemies could be defeated in their nefarious plots. And sometimes he not only created strategies to defend against things that would never be done against him, but he realized that those attacks were in themselves novel and he would then try those attacks that he had already dreamed up a defense for. That's why he was so wonderful at suicide bunts and double steals and any way that you could humiliate or psychologically defeat the other team, he was sure that's how the world reacted to him. He was sure the world hated him. And so he turned that really raw, frightened paranoia into wonderful strategic intelligence.
Billy Martin
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Samuel Johnson
Napoleon III
Napoli, William
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