Accidents Quote by Marcus Aurelius

That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.

— Marcus Aurelius

Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.

— Plato

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

— Plato

There are hazards in anything one does but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.

— Shirley Williams

There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.

— Shirley Williams

Thus is man made equal to every event. He can face danger for the right. A poor, tender, painful body, he can run into…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may…

— John Ruskin

Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so…

— Hosea Ballou

Every intervention of man in the environment around him incurs some risk as to both favorable and unfavorable consequences. Every intervention is taken in…

— Gilbert F. White

There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

— Laozi

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld