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Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
Heaven forming each on other to depend,
A master, or a servant, or a friend,
Bids each read more
Heaven forming each on other to depend,
A master, or a servant, or a friend,
Bids each on other for assistance call,
Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
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?
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
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.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.