“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
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The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
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American philosopher 1898–1983Related quotes
“Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.”
Witches, and Other Night Fears.
Essays of Elia (1823)
“It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.”
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 …”
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.”
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.”
El hombre es débil y cuando ejerce la profesíon de fuerte es más débil.
Voces (1943)
As quoted in The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (1963) by Norbert Gutermam
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)