weakness Quotes

“There is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature, such as it is, weak or strong, and the thing which pleases us.”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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“FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardour of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary's force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”

― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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“His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him.”

― Jack London, White Fang

“This was no time to go wobbly.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

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“Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.”

― Jane Austen, Emma

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“For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

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“The very qualities I love you for are the ones that will always make you a failure.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

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“Flowers are weak creatures. They are naïve. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons .”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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