“There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.”
Terry Goodkind book Soul of the Fire
Source: Soul of the Fire
Source: Clockwork Angel
“There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.”
Terry Goodkind book Soul of the Fire
Source: Soul of the Fire
“The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton book Eugene Aram
Eugene Aram (1832), Book i, Chapter vii.
“… the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger….”
Esther M. Friesner (1951) American writer
Source: Sphinx's Princess
Eliphas Levi (1810–1875) French writer
Miscellaneous Quotes On the Subjects of Magic and Magicians
Source: Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magi Part I: The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic By Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant), Translated by A. E. Waite, England, Rider & Company, England, 1896, Introduction p. 11
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) Greek poet
Julian in Nicomedia http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=106&cat=1 <br class="br">Collected Poems (1992) <br class="br">Context: Things impolitic and dangerous:<br>praise for Greek ideals,<br>supernatural magic, visits to pagan temples.<br>Enthusiasm for the ancient gods
Marguerite Yourcenar book Memoirs of Hadrian
Nos lois civiles ne seront jamais assez souples pour s'adapter à l'immense et fluide variété des faits. Elles changent moins vite que les moeurs; dangereuses quand elles retardent sur celles-ci, elles le sont davantage quand elles se mêlent de les précéder.
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), p. 113
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
Daniel Defoe La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoe
Variant: Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 11, Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand.