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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.
A mass enormous! which, in modern days
No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.
A mass enormous! which, in modern days
No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man read more
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man i' th' field, and for his meed
Was brow-bound with the oak.
O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like read more
O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
