"You have power, rank, command, influence; we have wealth, the source both of our strength and weakness."
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Ivanhoe
by
Sir Walter Scott
"Soldiering, my dear madam, is the coward's art of attacking mercilessly when you are strong, and keeping out of harm's way when you are weak. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms."
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Arms and the Man
by
George Bernard Shaw
"I love thee, Macumazahn, for we have grown grey together, and there is that between us that cannot be seen, and yet is too strong for breaking."
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Allan Quatermain
by
H. Rider Haggard
"I say that the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
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Daniel Deronda
by
George Eliot
Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by
Mark Twain
"I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens."
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Little Women
by
Louisa May Alcott
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."
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The Mill on the Floss
by
George Eliot
When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.
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The White Company
by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle