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However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must a

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

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The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps. – Havelock Ellis

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The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men. – Havelock Ellis

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For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational preparation is made as that which follows the reproductive period. – Havelock Ellis

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

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Biggest profits mean gravest risks. – Chinese Proverb

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Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result. – Sir Winston Churchill

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

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