“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 241
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Source: The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Aphorisms
Witches, and Other Night Fears.
Essays of Elia (1823)
“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 241
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Source: The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Aphorisms
“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
“The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.”
Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part 1: The Myth of Male Power, p. 13.
“Man is weak and when he makes strength his profession he is even weaker.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
El hombre es débil y cuando ejerce la profesíon de fuerte es más débil.
Voces (1943)
“The tragedy of old age, when a man’s too weak to hit his own child.”
Edward St. Aubyn (1960) British writer
Bad News, Chapter 12