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The little
reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright
again when the storm had passed over.
-- Aesop
620-560 BC, Greek Fabulist
And yet a
little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of
sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure
of any lively description.
-- Lord Byron
1788-1824, British Poet
An adventure
is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An
inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
-- Gilbert K. Chesterton
1874-1936, British Author
Adventure is
worthwhile.
-- Amelia Earhart
1897-1937, American Aviator,
Author
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The thirst for
adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a
crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the
imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
We are the men
of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of
ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life,
or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money,
and hearts to spend it.
-- George Farquhar
c.1677-1707, Irish Playwright
I am not an
adventurer by choice but by fate.
-- Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890, Dutch Painter
Adventure is
not outside man; it is within.
-- David Grayson
1870-1946, American
Journalist and Writer
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