A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.


A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.


Actually, the streets are quite safe today, it's the people on them who aren't.


As soon as there is life there is danger.


Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.


Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.


Between the anvil and the hammer.


Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.


Biggest profits mean gravest risks.


Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.


Danger — if you meet it promptly and without flinching — you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!


Danger and delight grow on one stalk.


Danger past, God forgotten.


Danger, the spur of all great minds.


Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.


Don't play for safety — it's the most dangerous thing in the world.


Every man is his own chief enemy.


Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.


However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.


I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

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