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.
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.
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.
Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.
He who dares to speak with a razor sharp tongue, shall in end, bare the final scar.
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
It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.
We're saying to anyone who dares to attack us, Do not do it, you couldn't win, the result would be devastating! I think you're saying the same.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
We need each other, deeper than anyone ever dares to admit even to themselves. I think it is a genetic imperative that we huddle together and hold on to each other. There is no question in my mind that there is nothing else in life, really, than friendship.
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die. . . Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold.
Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning.
Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast.
The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
Who dares to strike today, when having the security of a permanent job is itself becoming a privilege?
An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.