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.]

You can't put equipment on your gravestone.
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Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking.

You can't put equipment on your gravestone.
*
Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking.

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, read more

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.

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.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

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.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.