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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.
Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.
No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.
Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we read more
Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in read more
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.