The cautious will rarely reach fame, but they are likely to reach old age.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Why do we keep lions within iron cages? For dear someone might steal them.
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When you want to have your ship lightened, don't start with the life boat.
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When you feel you are drowning, you should not speak of mutual assistance.
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Swallows fly away in autumn. Crows remain, overwhelmed with responsibility.
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Ideas are very much like ships. They make a great sensation when they sink.
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The common run of man stumbles over stones. Poets alone stumble over rocks.
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Mad men should be respected. They always carry a grenade on their shoulder.
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Equity. Both the sheep and the wolf enjoy the same right of common pasture.
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We are bipeds, you say. Well, what of it? The stork stands on one leg only.
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