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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.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
The weakest goeth to the wall.
The weakest goeth to the wall.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
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.
We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.
[Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.]
We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.
[Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.]
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.