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WEAKNESS QUOTES

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

ANATOLE FRANCE, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

MOLIÈRE, The Misanthrope

The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone’s concern and like vampires they suck our life’s blood.

BETTE DAVIS, The Lonely Life

Weakness and ambivalence lead to war.

GEORGE H.W. BUSH, RNC acceptance speech, August 18, 1988

When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.

HUGO CHAVEZ, speech, Jan. 31, 2005

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

EDMUND BURKE, speech on conciliation with America

When you find your opponent's weak spot, hammer it.

JOHN HEISMAN

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

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, Forward to Sweet Bird of Youth

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.

IVAN PANIN, Thoughts

Never be afraid to expose a weakness in yourself. Exposing a weakness is the beginning of strength.

ROBERT ANTHONY, Beyond Positive Thinking

Weak dogs become bones for other, stronger dogs.

TAD WILLIAMS, Otherland: City of Golden Shadow

We are not so easily gilded by our most prominent weaknesses, as by those of which we are least aware.

ARTHUR HELPS, Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd

The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool.

OSAMU DAZAI, No Longer Human

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.

RICHARD BACH, Illusions

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