Danger Quotes

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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. — Tacitus
When I am in danger of bursting, I will go and whisper among the reeds. — Jonathan Swift
Delay always heeds danger. — Miguel de Cervantes
I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the sternest necessity can ever justify it.… — Abraham Lincoln
It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled. — Benjamin Franklin
Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Even then when we… — William Shakespeare
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The… — Joseph Addison
Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to… — Joseph Addison
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time. — Mark Twain
To elope is cowardly; it is running away from danger; and danger has become so rare in modern life. — Oscar Wilde
My daughter, there are times of moral danger when the hardest virtuous resolution to form is flight, and when the most heroic bravery is flight. — Charles Dickens
Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring; Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite… — Thomas Tusser
Men have always been the victims of trifles, but when they were uncomfortable and passionate, and in constant danger, they hardly had time to notice… — George Santayana
Today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets from society because we refuse to admit to ourselves that there is any danger… — Pablo Picasso
A good picture, any picture, has to be bristling with razor blades. — Pablo Picasso
Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do I seek after what is also subject to these things?… — Gautama Buddha
My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my… — Edvard Munch
I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom. — Fernando Pessoa
God gave the sea the danger and the abyss, but it was in it that He mirrored the sky. — Fernando Pessoa
Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will not be in danger. on the Diane Rehm… — Jimmy Carter
The angels minister to God's servants in time of hardship and danger. — Billy Graham
You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress… — William Allen White
If you don't read much, you really don't know much. You're dangerous. — Jim Trelease

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