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Danger: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

But O, she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day, Is half so fine a sight.— SIR JOHN SUCKLING — A Ballad Upon a Wedding. St. 8.

And beautiful maidens moved down in the dance, With the magic of motion and sunshine of glance; And white arms wreathed lightly, and tresses fell free As the plumage of birds in some tropical tree.— WHITTIER — Cities of the Plain. St. 4.

I have not quailed to danger's brow When high and happy-need I now?— BYRON — Giaour. L. 1,035.

A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms.— DRYDEN — Absalom and Achitophel. Pt. I. L. 159.

When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.— S. J. FIELD — (When advised to arm

himself. California. 1889). We are dancing on a volcano.— COMTE DE SALVANDY — At a fête given to

the King of Naples. 1830 For though I am not splenitive and rash, Yet have I something in me dangerous.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 285.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 10.

Some of us will smart for it.— Shakespeare — Much Ado About Nothing. Act V. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 109.

There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than war or women have. S.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 368.

Upon this hint I spake; She loved me for the dangers I had passed And I loved her that she did pity them.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 166.

We have scotched the snake, not killed it : She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of our former tooth.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 13.

Too much wit makes the world rotten.— TENNYSON — Idylls of the King. The

Last Tournament. Time flies, Death urges, knells call, Heaven invites, Hell threatens.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night II. L. 291.

In summo periculo timor misericordiam non recipit. In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity.— CÆSAR — Bellum Gallicum. VII. 26.

Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas. Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour.— HORACE — Carmina. II. 13. 13.

Nunquam est fidelis cum potente societas. A partnership with men in power is never safe.— PHÆDRUS — Fabulæ. I. 5. 1.

Nihil tam firmum est cui periculum non sit etiam ab invalido. Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.— QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS — De Rebus

Gestis Alexandri Magni. VII. 8.

Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix, Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus. The wound will perhaps be cured in the process of time, but it shrinks from the touch while it is fresh.— OVID — Epistolæ Ex Ponto. I. 3. 15.

Pars sanitatis velle sanari fuit. It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.— SENECA — Hippolytus. CCXLIX.

Latet anguis in herba. A snake is lurking in the grass.— VIRGIL — Eclogæ. III. 93.

Gardez-vous bien de lui les jours qu'il communie. Beware of him the days that he takes Communion.— DU LORENS — Satires. I.

Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un. There is no person who is not dangerous for some one.— MME DE SÉVIGNÉ — Lettres.