
“People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.”
Pt. II, ch. 4
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
Source: The Realm of Possibility
“People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.”
Pt. II, ch. 4
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
“If you appear weak, people take advantage of you.”
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (p. 267)
Short fiction, The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999)
“My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.”
“Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.”
No. 101
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
“Physicians have this advantage: the sun lights their success and the earth covers their failures.”
Book II, Ch. 37
Essais (1595), Book II
In the self-interview on Stop Making Sense
On one of his biggest regrets in "Julio Iglesias reflects on a life that 'has been a miracle'" https://apnews.com/7ef030336a5b4a1a949723346d64ec51 in AP News (2019 Jun 14)
O meu problema, nesta situação, é saber se já deveria ter corado antes, ou se é agora que devo corar, Lembro-me de a ter visto corar uma vez, Quando, Quando toquei na rosa que estava no seu gabinete, As mulheres coram mais que os homens, somos o sexo frágil, Ambos os sexos são frágeis, eu também corei, Sabe assim tanto da fragilidade dos sexos, Sei da minha própria fragilidade, e alguma coisa da dos outros.
Source: The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989), p. 219