For the courage of greatness is adventurous and knows not withdrawing, But grasps the nettle, danger, with resolute hands,and ever again Gathers security from the sting of pain.
For the courage of greatness is adventurous and knows not withdrawing, But grasps the nettle, danger, with resolute hands,and ever again Gathers security from the sting of pain.
'Tis dangerous to take a
cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of
this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
The world's a nettle disturb it, it stings Grasp it firmly, it stings not.
Tender-hearted stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape.
He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.
No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses then grief and worry can harass you no more.
Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
The more I think about the nettle argument, the more it makes me laugh. This country's awash with nettles. Butterflies that eat them are not in any difficulty at all.
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