Even if strength fail, boldness at least will
Deserve praise: in great endeavors even to have
Had the will is enough.

Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.

Propertius

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Topic

Taking risks Courage

Author

Propertius

Source

Elegies

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

15 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Propertius. ἐλεγείᾱ [Elegies]. c. 40 BC, bk. 2, no. 10.

Current Citation

Propertius. Elegies, translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2, no. 10.

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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic
Going for it Taking risks

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Prudence Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

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The kingdom of God is within you.

Jesus

Luke 17:21

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Topic
Kingdom of God
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
61 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 17:21).

Another quote originally in Latin

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.

Bernard of Chartres

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Topic
Scientific progress Progress
Speaker
Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury
Language
Latin
Time
1159 1150s 12th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bernard of Chartres. Quoted in The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury, written by John of Salisbury. c. 1159, bk. 3.