Quote by Edmund Burke
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear. - Edmund Burke

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

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There is a boundary to mens passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. – Edmund Burke

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Imagination
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice. – Edmund Burke

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power
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Mans biological weakness is the condition of human culture. – Erich Fromm

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Weakness

And he has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 – Bible

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Weakness

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

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Weakness

It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned. – Eric Hoffer

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Weakness

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