weakness Quotes

“In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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“Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily — weak people, in other words — they stand no chance against his powers!”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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“As the births of living creatures, at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

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“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”

― Confucius, Analects

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“It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.”

― Jack London, The Star Rover

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“The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things, and it is unsportsmanlike to touch him.”

― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

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