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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a l

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. – Charles Caleb Colton

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We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. – Pierre Corneille

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One ought never to turn ones 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! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory. – Pierre Corneille

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Danger and delight grow on one stalk. – Scottish Proverb

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