"Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps……" — Dorothy Dix
"Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence."
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12 Quotes by Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.
- I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is…
- There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs…
- It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.
- The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your…
- You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.
- Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.
- We are never happy until we learn to laugh at ourselves.
- The jealous bring down the curse they fear upon their own heads
- For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat…
- There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.
More Always Weakness Quotes
This quote is filed under Always Weakness Quotes, one of 3 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
- Tyranny is always weakness — James Russell Lowell
- Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. — George Henry Lewes