"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game."

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Insight & Reflection

This reflection on sports by Voltaire resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in sports is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

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