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Precarious Quotes

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea Picture Quote #1

Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious Picture Quote #1

To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life Picture Quote #1

Living by proxy is always a precarious expedient Picture Quote #1

You can’t ever forget how precarious and humbling running money really is Picture Quote #1

Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence Picture Quote #1

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Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating Picture Quote #1

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious Picture Quote #1

We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action Picture Quote #1

Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition Picture Quote #1

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place Picture Quote #1

For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human Picture Quote #1

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One thing that establishes a frontier is the precarious nature of the human hold on it Picture Quote #1

Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath, at most seven inches from the jaws of death Picture Quote #1

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living Picture Quote #1

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office Picture Quote #1

Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society Picture Quote #1

We nest in an accident whose precarious valance, when we happen to become conscious of it, oppresses yet at the same time inspires us Picture Quote #1

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The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject Picture Quote #1

Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability Picture Quote #1

But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect Picture Quote #1

And sometimes it happened, for a time. That kind of love comes and goes and is hard to remember afterwards, like pain. You would look at the man one day and you would think, I loved you, and the tense would be past, and you would be filled with a sense of wonder, because it was such an amazing and precarious and dumb thing to have done; and you would know too why your friends have been evasive about it, at the time Picture Quote #1

Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry, knowledge, civility, may be of constant and universal use, and for several ages, may become habitual to the whole people Picture Quote #1

The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature’s precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature Picture Quote #1

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You can’t breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence Picture Quote #1

Everything had felt so precarious since her mother’s death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper Picture Quote #1

As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they to obtain their offices, and they will have none of the peculiar qualities and vices of those men who possess power merely because their father held it before them Picture Quote #1

... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope Picture Quote #1

In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you Picture Quote #1

In a nuclear age, and in an age of serious environmental degradation, apocalyptic belief creates a serious second order danger. The precarious logic of self-interest that saw us through the Cold War would collapse if the leaders of one nuclear state came to welcome, or ceased to fear mass death Picture Quote #1

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To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea (Precarious Quotes) Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious (Precarious Quotes) To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life (Precarious Quotes) Living by proxy is always a precarious expedient (Precarious Quotes) You can’t ever forget how precarious and humbling running money really is (Precarious Quotes) Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence (Precarious Quotes) Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating (Precarious Quotes) And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious (Precarious Quotes) We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action (Precarious Quotes) Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition (Precarious Quotes) At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place (Precarious Quotes) For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human (Precarious Quotes) One thing that establishes a frontier is the precarious nature of the human hold on it (Precarious Quotes) Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath, at most seven inches from the jaws of death (Precarious Quotes) The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living (Precarious Quotes) A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office (Precarious Quotes) Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others is the general feature of our society (Precarious Quotes) We nest in an accident whose precarious valance, when we happen to become conscious of it, oppresses yet at the same time inspires us (Precarious Quotes) The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject (Precarious Quotes) Liberalism, on the other hand, regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situations, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability (Precarious Quotes) But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect (Precarious Quotes) And sometimes it happened, for a time. That kind of love comes and goes and is hard to remember afterwards, like pain. You would look at the man one day and you would think, I loved you, and the tense would be past, and you would be filled with a sense of wonder, because it was such an amazing and precarious and dumb thing to have done; and you would know too why your friends have been evasive about it, at the time (Precarious Quotes) Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry, knowledge, civility, may be of constant and universal use, and for several ages, may become habitual to the whole people (Precarious Quotes) The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature’s precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature (Precarious Quotes) You can’t breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence (Precarious Quotes) Everything had felt so precarious since her mother’s death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper (Precarious Quotes) As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they to obtain their offices, and they will have none of the peculiar qualities and vices of those men who possess power merely because their father held it before them. (Precarious Quotes) ... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope. (Precarious Quotes) In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you. (Precarious Quotes) In a nuclear age, and in an age of serious environmental degradation, apocalyptic belief creates a serious second order danger. The precarious logic of self-interest that saw us through the Cold War would collapse if the leaders of one nuclear state came to welcome, or ceased to fear mass death. (Precarious Quotes)

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