Weakest

Famous quotes containing the word weakest:

“Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapor, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows nothing of this.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

“Consider Ireland.... You have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and in addition the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)