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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.]
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.
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.
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
Life is either a great adventure or 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 put equipment on your gravestone.
*
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.
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.
Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.