Peril Quotes
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Oscar Wilde (2010). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.4, Bibliolis Books
Charles Evans Hughes (1910). “Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government”
"What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck". The Saturday Evening Post, p. 17, October 26, 1929.
For I am fresh of spirit, and resolved To meet all perils very constantly.
"The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Julius Cæser. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles".
I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas Merton (2015). “Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation”, p.85, Sounds True
Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.222, The New Press
The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril
Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.6, First Avenue Editions
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.
Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.78, Best Books on
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
Herman Melville (2015). “Pierre or The Ambiguities: Works of Melville”, p.71, 谷月社
Kingsley Amis (2011). “Stanley And The Women”, p.226, Random House
Speech accepting Democratic nomination in Los Angeles, 15 July 1960, in Vital Speeches 1 Aug. 1960, p. 611
Every thinker puts some portion of an apparently stable world in peril.
John Dewey (1958). “Experience and Nature”, p.222, Courier Corporation
Herman Melville (1850). “White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war”, p.114
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1855). “Sermons Delivered in Exeter Hall, Strand, During the Enlargement of New Park Street Chapel, Southmark”, p.204