Ammianus Marcellinus Quotes

The truth is this is a very dangerous world.

Just remember...you are the one with everything to lose.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous.

He that's secure is not safe.

There's action only if there is danger.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

He that would speak the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Risk is part of our jobs.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

There is no safer. There’s not even safe, never has been.

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad.

If you handle truth carelessly, it will cut your fingers.

He who speaks the truth must keep one foot in the stirrup.

Life has to be dangerous.