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concession

is a lowering of one's guard to elicit an adversary's ill-considered thrust.

A lowering of one's guard to elicit an adversary's ill-considered thrust

is the crumb tossed to another's assertion.

Concession: the crumb tossed to another's assertion.

Concessions to the adversary fill the imbecile with admiration.

Concessions are the steps up the gallows.

is a different thing in weak men than in strong --- the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

is always accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.