DANGER DANGER
A daring pilot in extremity;
Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high
He sought the storms.
Dryden—Absalom and Achitophel. Pt. I. L. 159.
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden
bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the
fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
XII. 6.
Quo tendis inertem
Rex periture, fugam? Nescis heu, perdite!
nescis
Quem fugias; hostes incurris, dum fugis hostem.
Incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim.
Where, O king, destined to perish, are you
directing your unavailing flight? Alas, lost
one, you know not whom you flee; you are
running upon enemies, whilst you flee from
your foe. You fall upon the rock Scylla desiring to avoid the whirlpool Charybdis. Pott'i.tppf. Gaultier De Lille ("D. Chatillon"). Alexandriad. Bk. V. 298. Found in the Menagiana. Ed. by Bertrand De La Mo.NNore. (1715) Source said to be Quintus Curtics. See Andrews—Antient and Modern Anecdotes. P. 307. (Ed. 1790)
| seealso = (See also Homer—Odyssey. Bk. XII. L. 85. Merchant Of Venice. III. 5)
| topic = Danger
| page = 159
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{{Hoyt quote
| num = 4
| text = For all on a razor's edge it stands.
| author = Homer
| work = Iliad.
| place = Bk. X. L. 173.
| note = Same use in Herodotus. VI. 11. Theocritus—Idyl. XXII. 6. Theogenes. 557.
| topic = Danger
| page = 159
}}
{{Hoyt quote
| num =
| text = <poem>Periculosse plenum opus aleae Tractas, et incedis per ignes •
Suppositos cineri doloso.
You are dealing with a work full of dangerous hazard, and you are venturing upon fires
overlaid with treacherous ashes.
| author = Horace
| work = Odes.
| place = Bk. II. 1. 6.
| note = The following line (authorship unknown) is sometimes added: "Si morbum fugiens incidis in medicos" In fleeing disease you fall into the hands of the doctors.
Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.
Man is never watchful enough against
dangers that threaten him every hour.
Horace—Carmina. II. 13. 13.
7
Multos in summa pericula misit
Venturi timor ipse mali.
The mere apprehension of a coming evil has
put many into a situation of the utmost
danger.
Lucan—Pharsalia. VII. 104.
Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed,
Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant, But over its terrible edge there had slipped
A Duke and full many a peasant, So the people said something would have to be done,
But their projects did not at all tally.
Some said: "Put a fence round the edge of the cliff." Some: "An ambulance down in the valley." Joseph Maltnes—Fence or Ambulance. Appeared in the Virginia Health Bulletin with title Prevention and Cure.
9 What a sea
Of melting ice I walk on!
| author = Massinger | work = Maid of Honor. Act III. Sc. 3.
10
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for . . . the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psalms. XCI. 6.
Passato il pericolo (or punto) gabbato il santo.
When the danger's past the saint is cheated.
Rabelais—Pantagruel. IV. 24. Quoted as a proverb.
12
Ægrotat Dæmon; monachus tunc esse volebat, Dæmon convaluit; Ltemon ante fuit.
Mediaeval Latin.
The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be;
The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
As trans, by Urquhart And Motteux.
| seealso = (See also {{sc|Bower)
Sur un mince chrystal l'hyver conduit Ieurs pas,
Telle est de nos plaisirs la legere surface,
Glissez mortels; n'appuyez pas.
O'er the ice the rapid skater flies.
With sport above and death below, Where mischief lurks in gay disguise Thus lightly touch and quickly go.
Pierre Charles Roy. Lines under a picture of skaters, a print of a painting by LanCret. Trans, by Samuel Johnson. See Piozzi, Anecdotes.
14
Scit eum sine gloria vinci, qui sine periculo vincitur.
He knows that the man is overcome ingloriously, who is overcome without danger. Seneca—De Procidentia. III.
15
Contemptum periculorum assiduitas perielitandi dabit.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. Seneca—De Provulenlia. IV.
16
Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un.
There is no person who is not dangerous for some one. Mme. De Sevigne—Lctlres.
17
For though I am not splenitive and rash,
Yet have I something in me dangerous.
Hamlet. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 285.
is Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 3.
19
Wc have scotched the snake, not killed it:
She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of our former tooth.
Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 13.
