“Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.”

Of Boldness
Essays (1625)

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English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and auth… 1561–1626

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“Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.”

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