Quotes with weak-minded

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  • Edmund Burke The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Gerald F. Lieberman There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak; they are manners, morals, and medicine.
    Gerald F. Lieberman
    American writer
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  • William James There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne There is no course of life so weak and Scottish as that which is ordered by orders, method, and discipline.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • James Russell Lowell They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • John Ruskin They are the weakest-minded and the hardest-hearted men that most love change.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Sallust Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
    Sallust
    Roman historian (86 - 34)
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  • Abdul Kalam To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo To the question how one kind of labor can be measured against another, how the labor of the artisan can be measured against the labor of the artist, how the labor of the strong can be measured against the labor of the weak, the communists can give no answer.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious; but a weak flavor of genius in an essentially common person is detestable. It spoils the grand neutrality of a commonplace character, as the rinsings of an unwashed wine-glass spoil a draught of fair water.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Abraham Cowley Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Bartlett Sher We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.
    Bartlett Sher
    American theatre director (1959 - )
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W. Bruce Cameron We have enforced a Darwinian process on wolves, turning them into the shy and elusive animals they've become. They didn't have that fear of us 30,000 years ago. We didn't have gunpowder; we had rocks. Wolves would have seen us as lunch, and we were weak and slow and tasty.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Cecil Day Lewis We'd like to fight but we fear defeat, we'd like to work but we're feeling too weak, we'd like to be sick but we'd get the sack, we'd like to behave, we'd like to believe, we'd like to love, but we've lost the knack.
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  • Richard Whately Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • David Hare Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
    David Hare
    British Playwright, Director (1947 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Weak people cannot be sincere.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • John Ruskin What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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