Civilization Quote by Elbert Hubbard

The weakest goes to the wall.

— William Shakespeare

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

“The weakest are from deeply within the strongest of all natures”

— Anonymous

So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

— Marlene Dietrich

It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to…

— Sydney J. Harris

The soft and weak overcome the hard and strong.

— Laozi

The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.

— Ian Caldwell

“Where do the strong go to be weak?”

— Parke Godwin

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.

— Paul Valery

at your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border…

— Cecelia Ahern

“Walls protect, divide, distinguish; above all they abstract . The basic activities that sustain life . . . take place beyond walls.”

— Robert Pogue Harrison