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Safety4 quotes
The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. — H.L. Mencken · 1926Any port in a storm. — John Cleland · 1748Lovely it is, when the winds are churning up the waves on the great sea, to gaze out from the land on the great efforts of someone else; not because it's an enjoyable pleasure that somebody is in difficulties, but because it's lovely to realize what troubles you are yourself spared. — Lucretius · 55 BCOut of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. — William Shakespeare · 1597Danger1 quote
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. — William Shakespeare · 1597Downsides of freedom1 quote
The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. — H.L. Mencken · 1926Freedom vs. safety1 quote
The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. — H.L. Mencken · 1926Ocean and sea1 quote
Lovely it is, when the winds are churning up the waves on the great sea, to gaze out from the land on the great efforts of someone else; not because it's an enjoyable pleasure that somebody is in difficulties, but because it's lovely to realize what troubles you are yourself spared. — Lucretius · 55 BC