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other people's weakness can destroy you just as much as their strength can. Weak people are not harmless. Their weakness can be their strength.

other people's weakness can destroy you just as much as their strength can. Weak people are not harmless. Their weakness can be their strength.

Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Philip Roth
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1933 to 2018; Wikidata Q187019, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187019 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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