Quote by Cesare Pavese
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. - Cesar

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. – Cesare Pavese

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A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man – the one he used to be. – Cesare Pavese

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Will power is only the tensile strength of ones own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce. – Cesare Pavese

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I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap. – Ani DiFranco

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Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. – William Moulton Marston

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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. – Madame Swetchine

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