William Blake
Poet, Painter
"What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care."
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Weak Man
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Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak"
Catherine the Great
Empress
"[On Peter III:] He did not have a bad heart; but a weak man usually has not."
Bette Davis
Actress
"Strong women only marry weak men."
Terry Pratchett
Author
"I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places."
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"Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties."
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"Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind."
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"I always run into strong women who are looking for weak men to dominate them."
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"When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair."
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"When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods."
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"The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair."
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"It is commonly a weak man who marries for love."
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"Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men."
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"I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy."
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"I have yet to encounter that common myth of weak men, an insurmountable barrier."
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"Even weak men when united are powerful."
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