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Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man read more
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man i' th' field, and for his meed
Was brow-bound with the oak.
I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more
I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like read more
O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.