You May Also Like / View all maxioms
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
Amiable weakness of human nature.
Amiable weakness of human nature.
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Soft-heartedness, in times like these,
Shows sof'ness in the upper story!
Soft-heartedness, in times like these,
Shows sof'ness in the upper story!
If weakness may excuse,
What murderer, what traitor, parricide,
Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?
read more
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.]
And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd,
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd,
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
