The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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quotistPrayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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proverbiosI think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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I will never ever sell Neverland. ~Michael Jackson
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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