Feeble Quotes

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RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were… — Ambrose Bierce
Or if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her. — John Milton
Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race,… — Alexander Pope
There is a place where time stands still ...illuminated by only the most feeble red light, for light is diminished to almost nothing at the… — Alan Lightman
The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the democracies;… — Ishmael Reed
History shows how feeble are barriers of paper. — John Lothrop Motley
In the end I would always pull up with a sense of glory, that loving is the strong side. It's feeble to be an object.… — Katherine Dunn
Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation. — Timothy Keller
The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress,… — Benjamin Disraeli
As generations come and go, Their arts, their customs, ebb and flow; Fate, fortune, sweep strong powers away, And feeble, of themselves, decay. — William Wordsworth
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things… — James Joyce
Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself… — John Milton
Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble,… — Evelyn Waugh
Must I dwell in slavery's night And all pleasure take its flight Far beyond my feeble sight, Forever? — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
There can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond to it. — Alexander MacLaren
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. — Christopher Hampton
If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders… — Ted Dekker
The emergency problem of segregation and sterilization must be faced immediately. Every feeble-minded girl or woman of the hereditary type, especially of the moron class,… — Margaret Sanger
How do you stop longing for what you absolutely know you can't get? Which really means: How do you absolutely know you can't-and won't-get it,… — Leigh Newman
Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every… — H. L. Mencken

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