| Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. -- John Dryden |
| Author:
Dryden, JohnEra:
1631 |
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| Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. -- William Shakespeare |
| Author:
Shakespeare, WilliamEra:
1564 |
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| Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. -- Quarles |
| Author:
QuarlesEra:
1592 |
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| Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger. -- Lord Byron |
| Author:
Byron, LordEra:
1788 |
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| Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life. -- George Gordon |
| Author:
Gordon, GeorgeEra:
1833 |
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| Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. -- Tyron Edwards |
| Author:
Edwards, TryonEra:
1809 |
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| As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out. -- Akhenaton |
| Author:
AkhenatonEra:
-1375 |
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| Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about. -- Saskya Pandita |
| Author:
Pandita, SaskyaEra:
1182 |
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| Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled. -- Benjamin Franklin |
| Author:
Franklin, BenjaminEra:
1706 |
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| To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading. -- Seneca |
| Author:
SenecaEra:
-4 |
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| If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? -- Thomas H. Huxley |
| Author:
Huxley, Thomas H.Era:
1825 |
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| It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that decline must follow a rise. To feel that we can rest on our achievements is a dangerous fallacy. Inner strength can overcome anything that occurs outside. -- I Ching |
| Author:
Ching, IEra:
-1150 |
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