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weakness

Quotes including the word “weakness”.

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de Simone Beauvoir

"Weakness" is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes

William James

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Kunanbaev

Modesty, arising from weakness, is not dignified.

Valery Paul

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

Sartre

Every existing being is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

Skinner

We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.

Voltaire

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

Tennessee Williams

can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself.

Xenophon

Men often fail to understand their own weaknesses, and their lack of self-knowledge can bring terrible disasters down on their own heads.