Quotes with weaken

  • Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
  • I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

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  • Mahatma Gandhi It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Machiavelli I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Abu Bakar Bashir But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries from outside, and they weaken us from within with ideas like secularism, liberalism and democracy. This is all designed to contaminate our pure Islam.
    Abu Bakar Bashir
    Indonesian Muslim cleric (1938 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro President Obama's consistent agenda has been to weaken the United States and our allies in pursuit of a more 'balanced' global power structure.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • William Bolitho The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.
    William Bolitho
    South African journalist, writer and biographer
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  • Charles De Montesquieu Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • La Harpe We always weaken everything we exaggerate.
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  • Bernard Marcus We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.
    Bernard Marcus
    American billionaire businessman (1929 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon We must confront persecution faced by many Christian communities and the intolerance that plagues us. We must overcome anti-Semitism and the prejudice that divides us. We must defeat Islamophobia and the fears that weaken us.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Voltaire Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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