"All courses of action are risky, so..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.
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“For one change always leaves a dovetail into which another will fit.”
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