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We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt read more
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo:
Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.]
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.
Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a read more
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole read more
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have read more
In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina read more
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae
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