Quote#Wisdom
’Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift
Quote byThomas Middleton · 1580–1627
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Michaelmas Term (1602), Act iv. Sc. 1. Compare: "It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize", Alexander Pope, The Iliad, book xxiii. line 383..
English (original)
’Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.
— Thomas Middleton
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