The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses or "caves in.


Character and Characteristic Men (ed. 1866)

Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses...

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses...

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses...

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses...