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Weakening Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause…
- We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.
- If patriotism is good, then Christianity, which gives peace, is an idle dream, and the sooner this teaching is eradicated, the better. But if Christianity…
More Weakening Quotes
- You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. — William J. H. Boetcker
- You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the… — Paul Cezanne
- Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
- The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by… — George W. Bush
- Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another… — George W. Bush
- From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading… — Ban Ki-moon
- Nothing is so weakening as regret. — James G. Blaine
- Chopin's rubato possessed an unshakeable emotional logic. It always justified itself by a strengthening or weakening melodic line, by exaggeration or affectation. — Unknown Author
- People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing… — Robert Coover
- No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon. — Phillips Brooks
- Halloween will be a slam-dunk for merchants despite the weakening consumer spending trends. — Richard Hastings
- What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition… — Friedrich Nietzsche