Weak Quotes

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Jealousy's a proof of love, But 'tis a weak and unavailing medicine; It puts out the disease and makes it show, But has no power… — John Dryden
Raw in the fields the rude militia swarms, Mouth without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence. — John Dryden
Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong. — Edwin Arnold
Strong words are required for weak principles. — Douglas Horton
The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one. — Elbert Hubbard
The strong and the weak cannot keep company. — Aesop
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and… — Desiderius Erasmus
How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies. — Blaise Pascal
In relations with many domestically weak countries, a radio transmitter can be a more effective form of pressure than a squadron B-52s. — Henry A. Kissinger
Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit. — Quentin Crisp
To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak brain is a… — Primo Levi
To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because… — Roland Barthes
Oh you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you — Tennessee Williams
The public voice in the theater today is crude and raucous, and, all too often, weak-minded. — Susan Sontag
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind. — Hafez
Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities! — Abraham Cowley
Man is both strong and weak, both free and bound, both blind and far-seeing. He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit; and is… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl. — Alison Bechdel
I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves; in pride… — W. E. B. Du Bois
One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak. — Michael Mandelbaum

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