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“It used every little human weakness, in every little way, to control people.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The human weakness of age seemed to have overcome the most powerful man on earth.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2024

But from a TV or filmgoer's point of view, Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil are fascinating diviners of human weakness and strategists on how best to exploit them.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2022

The tragedy of human weakness could be deliciously amplified here, but the ABT production doesn’t take advantage of it.

From Washington Post Jul. 12, 2019

To survive, he is out there constantly preying upon others, probing for any human weakness like a ferret.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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