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Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, to

Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge one of the leaves that have fallen in autumn? But the wise man avenges by building his city in snow. – Wallace Stevens

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All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence. – Wallace Stevens

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Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird. – Wallace Stevens

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Intolerance respecting other peoples religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other peoples art. – Wallace Stevens

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The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. – Thomas Kempis

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The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyones concern and like vampires they suck our lifes blood. – Bette Davis

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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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The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak. – Jacques BeNigne Bossuet

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