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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.
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.
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
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.]
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character
We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character
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.
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Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking.
. . . 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.