The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from
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Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for they are not. It is that old ideas are seldom entirely false, but have truth, great truth in them. The justification for conservatism is the desire to preserve the truths and standards of the past; its dangers, of which we are seldom aware, is that in preserving those values, we may miss the infinitely greater riches that lie in the future.
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Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.
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The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
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Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
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The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation enlightened as it is if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men. -Samuel Adams
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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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Courage is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that th
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If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.
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Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
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The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
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As soon as there is life, there is danger
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.
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Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.
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The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell
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A danger foreseen is half avoided
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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
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The thief is no danger to the beggar
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger
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The greater the fear the nearer the danger
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When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.
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Danger can only be overcome by more danger
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A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.
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