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- When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra
- 'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act III, sc. 1
- 'Tis much he dares; and, to that dauntless temper of his mind, he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act III, sc. 1
- Thy wish was father... to that thought.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, 5
- If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry V, Act III, sc. 2
- Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, sc. 3
- Wishers were ever fools.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, sc. 15
- Wishers were ever fools.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, sc. 15
- I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
- G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), Generally Speaking, Chapter 20, 1929
- When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he is not a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
- Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929), Conversation with Jean Martet, January 1 1929
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