“It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 13.
“A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness …”
— David Gemmell, book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 7
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