
“La fuerza de carácter con frecuencia no es más que la debilidad de sentimientos.”
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character
Speech made in honor of Thomas Mann in January 1939, when Mann was given the Einstein Prize given by the Jewish Forum. Quoted in Einstein Lived Here by Abraham Pais (1994), p. 214 http://books.google.com/books?id=u_9QAAAAMAAJ&q=%22becomes+lack+of+power%22#search_anchor
1930s
Contexto: The standard bearers have grown weak in the defense of their priceless heritage, and the powers of darkness have been strengthened thereby. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.
“La fuerza de carácter con frecuencia no es más que la debilidad de sentimientos.”
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De su Testamento Político
“Son los deleites los que nos ocasionaron debilidad.”
Fuente: Cartas de Séneca a Lucilio, Carta LV.
“Son terribles las debilidades de la fuerza.”
Fuente: [Ortega Blake] (2013), p. 1866
“De tus debilidades saldrá tu fortaleza.”