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The strength of women is the pretense of weakness, and the weakness of men is the pretense of strength
The strength of women is the pretense of weakness, and the weakness of men is the pretense of strength
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, read more
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, read more
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.
Weakness to be wroth with weakness! woman's pleasure, woman's
pain--
Nature made them blinder motions bounded in a read more
Weakness to be wroth with weakness! woman's pleasure, woman's
pain--
Nature made them blinder motions bounded in a shallower brain.
If weakness may excuse,
What murderer, what traitor, parricide,
Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?
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If weakness may excuse,
What murderer, what traitor, parricide,
Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?
All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore,
With God or man will gain thee no remission.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men read more
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.