"Weakness" is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes
“Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty .”
Those who consider weak the people mastered by their passions are like that crazy doctor who named a man to be fool just because he had seen him suffering of fever.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.”
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.”
Misfortune finds the weak spot
Modesty, arising from weakness, is not dignified.
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
Every existing being is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself.
Men often fail to understand their own weaknesses, and their lack of self-knowledge can bring terrible disasters down on their own heads.