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«Useless laws weaken necessary laws»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
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Law and lawyers
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weaken
«How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! / For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: / I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.»
Author: Bible
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«It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.»
«I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
| About:
Prudence
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abstain, abstaining, abstains, cautious, contemptuous, excites, expressions, mark, prudence, revenge, the threat of, Threats, weaken, weakening
«Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
indeed, kills, letter, literal, Makers, rendering, The Letter, The Makers, The Spirit, translations, weaken, weakening, woe
«We shall neither fail nor falter; we shall not weaken or tire...give us the tools and we will finish the job.»
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