Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Still people are dangerous.
—Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
It is the business of the future to be dangerous…. The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur.
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English Mathematician, Philosopher
Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous.
—Common Proverb
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
Dangers by being despised grow great.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
A timid person is frightened before a danger; a coward during the time; and a courageous person afterward.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Philosopher
There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either in or out. There’s no such thing as a life in-between.
—Pat Riley (b.1945) American Basketball Player, Coach
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
As soon as there is life, there is danger.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Decide which is the line of conduct that presents the fewest drawbacks and then follow it out as being the best one, because one never finds anything perfectly pure and unmixed, or exempt from danger.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922) French Novelist
If your life is ever going to get better, you’ll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.
—David Viscott (1938–96) American Psychiatrist, Author, Businessman
Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
Fortune befriends the bold.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
In time of danger it is proper to be alarmed until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid.
—The Hitopadesha Indian Collection of Fables
If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.
—Unknown
However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British Essayist, Physician
Silent water is dangerous water.
—Spanish Proverb
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Never revisit the past, that’s dangerous. You know, move on.
—Robert Redford (1936–2025) American Actor, Director, Founder of Sundance
It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
—Erica Jong (b.1942) American Novelist, Feminist
Security will produce danger.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Danger levels man and brute, and all are fellows in their need.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
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