
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
Book IV, ch. 7.
Gil Blas (1715-1735)
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
“He who believes that new benefits will cause great personages to forget old injuries is deceived.”
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 7; translated by W. K. Marriott
“My ignorance is trying to flatter me that I know everything.”
“Everything is sweetened by risk.”
"The Fear of Dying".
City Poems (1857)
“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.”
"Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers?"
The Plain Speaker (1826)