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Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. - David Lloyd George Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor. - John Milton Confidence in another man's virtue is no slight evidence of a man's own. - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne He that wold not when he might, He shall not when he wold-a. - Thomas Percy, Reliques--The Baffled Knight (st. 14) Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Speech Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion. - Jane Porter My last confidence will be like my first. [Lat., Ultima talis erit quae mea prima fides.] - Sextus Aurelius Propertius, Elegioe (II, 20, 34) It is almost always to save telling a great deal that women tell a little to their husbands. - Abbe de Rochebrune Be as just and gracious unto me, As I am confident and kind to thee. - William Shakespeare Security is mortal's chiefest enemy. - William Shakespeare Your wisdom is consumed in confidence! Do not go forth to-day! - William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (Calphurnia at II, ii) Marry, sir, I would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly. - William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry at III, iv) Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none. - Henry Wheeler Shaw (used pseudonyms Josh Billings and Uncle Esek) A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. - Sir Philip Sidney (Sydney) In a just cause it is right to be confident. - Sophocles Society is built upon trust. - Bishop Robert South To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence. - Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine (Soimonoff) Be not confident and affirmative. - Jeremy Taylor Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man. - John Tillotson Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail: A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of a battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled. - Martin Farquhar Tupper, Proverbial Philosophy--Of Faith (l. 11) Confidence is nowhere safe. [Lat., Nusquam tuta fides.] - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil), The Aeneid (IV, 373) Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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