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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
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 must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
Amiable weakness of human nature.
Amiable weakness of human nature.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
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!
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.
