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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than o

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. – Adolf Hitler

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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the bodys total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? – Dag Hammarskjold

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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building. – Ian Mcewan

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I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers. – Ariel Sharon

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