"Know that coyness has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall turn to weakness; generosity has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall become wasting; economy has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall be stinginess; and courage has a certain extent, which if exceeded, becomes recklessness."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Hasan al-Askari, Nuzhat an-Nadhir fī Tanbīh al-Khawatir, p. 50-51.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Recklessness
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Recklessness
10 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Recklessness →
Related Quotes
"Kar vasselage par sens nen est folie, Mielz valt mesure que ne fait estultie."
"I tell thee, be not rash; a golden bridge Is for a flying enemy."
"Who falls from all he knows of bliss, Cares little into what abyss."
"If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless lik…"
"You better check yo self before you wreck yo self."
"Ay, to those lofty beings, be they who they will, who look down from their starry thrones on the strange figures flit…"
"Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο."
"I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incens'd that I am reckless what I do to spi…"
"Life cannot move forward just by being drenched in emotions."
"Commoners shall have no council. If anybody is found participating in council, let his ears be cut off, and let the l…"