#caution

An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table. ↗

— Stendhal

#companionship #humor #trust #humor

May your sleep be your death, and your wakefulness be your heaven. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#attention #awareness #carefulness #caution #consciousness

You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told you there were shamble-men in the woods, would you believe them?" My father shook his head. "What if two people told you?" Another shake. Ben leaned forward on his stump. "What if a dozen people told you, with perfect earnestness, that shamble-men were out in the fields, eating-" "Of course I wouldn't believe them," my father said, irritated. "It's ridiculous." "Of course it is," Ben agreed, raising a finger. "But the real question is this: Would you go into the woods? ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#men

Let us be as watchful after the victory as before the battle. ↗

— Andrew Bonar

#inspirational #inspirational

I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution. ↗

— Wernher von Braun

#greatest #i #i have learned #impossible #learned

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people. ↗

— George Carman

#caution #exercise #i #many #people

Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#american #bringing #caution #committed #continue

I told myself that I'd had life too easy, conditioned by an upbringing where fear of change was disguised as caution. ↗

— Ingrid Betancourt

#change

The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution. ↗

— Ken MacLeod

#caution #complex #controlling #degree #engineering

If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all. ↗

— Archer John Porter Martin

#discouraged #every #first #often #precaution