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Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
. . . and now expecting
Each hour their great adventurer, from the search
Of foreign words.
. . . and now expecting
Each hour their great adventurer, from the search
Of foreign words.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere read more
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.rn
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions date descry.
Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions date descry.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says
Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses read more
He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says
Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse
and mule.
[Fr., Qui ne s'adventure n'a cheval ny mule, ce dist Salomon.--
Qui trop, dist Echephron, s'adventure--perd cheval et mule,
respondit Malcon.]