“The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 61
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
“The weak must be bold cautiously.”
Siuan Sanche
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)
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