There are no small steps in great affairs.

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

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Topic

Going for it Taking risks

Author

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1717 1710s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Gondi Paul De, Jean-Francois. Memoires du Cardinal de Retz [The Memoirs of the cardinal de Retz]. c. 1717, bk. 2.

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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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Topic
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Author

Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 626.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 626.

Another quote about Going for it

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted? One moment. Would you capture it? Or just let it slip?

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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Time
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Another quote originally in French

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

Voltaire

Candide

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Topic
Problem of evil Nature of the world The world
Speaker
Pangloss

Author

Voltaire
Source
Candide
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Language
French
Time
1759 1750s 18th century
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Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 1.