Weakness Quotes

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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. — Voltaire
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. — Voltaire
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and… — Oscar Wilde
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness. — Bernard Williams
It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be… — Wendell Willkie
Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength. — E. O. Wilson
Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. — Mary Wollstonecraft
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. — John Wooden
Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness. — Edward Young
Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses. — Evgeny Morozov
Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others. — Joseph Conrad
Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought… — David James Duncan
I have lived lies. I have done it again and again. I live lies because I cannot endure the weakness of anger, and I cannot… — Anne Rice
Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most… — Hunter S. Thompson
There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into… — Anais Nin
Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the… — Anne Lamott
You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of… — Jodi Picoult
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. — Anatole France
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little… — Tom Perrotta
He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although… — Paulo Coelho

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