“Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.”
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891) Irish politician
Cork address (1885)
“Even strength has to bow down to wisdom sometimes.”
— Rick Riordan, book The Lightning Thief
Variant: Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
Source: The Lightning Thief
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