"Error is to be pitied and pardoned: it is the weakness of human nature. But vice is a foul blemish, not pardonable in any character."
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"I'm concerned with our autonomy. I don't like the idea of people collecting information on me in general, but I particularly don't like it when it's used to sort of exploit your weaknesses or make you lose control in some ways."
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"I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness."
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"How does the weakness of the dollar affect your business?"
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"There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know."
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"A single God - touch From God's Compassion - Height Can transform man's unimaginable And countless weaknesses Into God's own infinite,Immortal and omnipotent Power."
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"You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life!"
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"It's not that we ignore our weaknesses; rather, we make our weaknesses irrelevant by working effectively with others so that we compensate for our weaknesses through their strengths and they compensate for their weaknesses through our strengths."
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"If we choose a weak and foolish speculation as a primary textbook illustration (falsely assuming that the tale possesses a weight of history and a sanction of evidence), then we are in for trouble - as critics properly nail the particular weakness, and then assume that the whole theory must be in danger if supporters choose such a fatuous case as a primary illustration."
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"Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation."
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"Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity."
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"To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage."
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"Risking the appearance of weakness takes strength. And the market knows it."
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"Power was my weakness and my temptation. And Miguel Sano is very tempting. But he is not weak. He is very, very strong."
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"You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore?" called Voldemort, his scarlet eyes narrowed. "Above such brutality, are you?" "We both know that there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom," Dumbledore said calmly. "Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit - " "There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" snarled Voldemort. "You are quite wrong," said Dumbledore, speaking as lightly as though they were discussing the matter over drinks. "Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness."
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"He felt even angrier that Dumbledore was showing signs of weakness. He had no business being weak when Harry wanted to rage and storm at him."
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"The truth was that I could not manage my soul, and I was becoming aware of old age because of my weakness in the face of love."
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"Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy."
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"I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs."
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"The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness."
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