Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. – Samuel Johnson

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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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All serious daring starts from within. – Joan Baez

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For — believe me — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is — to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into unchartered seas! – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), The Gay Science, “Book Four: St Januarius

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