A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer. . . He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
In the early forties and fifties almost everybody "had about enough to live on," and young ladies dressed well on a hundred dollars a year. The daughters of the richest man in Boston were dressed with scrupulous plainness, and the wife and mother owned one brocade, which did service for several years. Display was considered vulgar. Now, alas! only Queen Victoria dares to go shabby.
In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
What my tongue dares not that my heart shall say
All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.
This time Magnus answered it, his voice booming through the tiny entryway. "WHO DARES DISTURB MY REST?" Jace looked almost nervous. "Jace Wayland. Remember? I'm from the Clave. " "Oh, yes. " Magnus seemed to have perked up. "Are you the one with the blue eyes?" "He means Alec," Clary said helpfully. "No. My eyes are usually described as golden," Jace told the intercom. "And luminous. " "Oh, you're that one. " Magnus sounded disappointed. If Clary hadn't been so upset, she would have laughed. "I suppose you'd better come up.
It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure. " "Must do it. . . constantly go to the well. . . constantly try, try, try. Dare. Dare, Dare. Who dares wins
Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it. . . one must have the courage to dare.
Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.
Who dares To say that he alone has found the truth?
The individual who dares commit a crime is guilty in a two-fold sense; first, he is guilty against human conscience, and, above all, he is guilty against the State in arrogating to himself one of its most precious privileges.
Stahr's eyes and Kathleen's met and tangled. For an instant they made love as no one ever dares to do after. Their glance was slower than an embrace, more urgent than a call.
Every man is as lazy as he dares to be.
The fear of missing out means that today’s media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.
Hypnotically haunting sounds from a true artist that dares to dream.
Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; And universal darkness buries all.
An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
Who dares to strike today, when having the security of a permanent job is itself becoming a privilege?
Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.
Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it the wisdom and counsel, or strength of man? It is the Lord only. God will curse that man and his house that dares to think otherwise. Sir, you see the work is done by a Divine leading. God gets into the hearts of men, and persuades them to come under you.