Quote by Wallace Stevens
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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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. – Wallace Stevens

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Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom. – Wallace Stevens

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Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time. – Cardinal De Rets

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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. – George Bidault

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There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. – James Russell Lowell

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The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. – Edmund Burke

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