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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character
We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character
He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says
Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses read more
He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says
Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse
and mule.
[Fr., Qui ne s'adventure n'a cheval ny mule, ce dist Salomon.--
Qui trop, dist Echephron, s'adventure--perd cheval et mule,
respondit Malcon.]
Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions date descry.
Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions date descry.
Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.
Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.
. . . and now expecting
Each hour their great adventurer, from the search
Of foreign words.
. . . and now expecting
Each hour their great adventurer, from the search
Of foreign words.
Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, read more
Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the read more
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
