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“Know that coyness has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall turn to weakness; generosity has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall become wasting; economy has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall be stinginess; and courage has a certain extent, which if exceeded, becomes recklessness.”
— Hasan al-Askari, Nuzhat an-Nadhir fī Tanbīh al-Khawatir, p. 50-51.
“If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works. Besides, a reckless king will easily fall into the hands of his enemies. Hence the king shall ever be wakeful.”
— Chanakya, Arthashastra, Book I : "Concerning Discipline" Chapter 19 "The Duties of a King".
“You better check yo self before you wreck yo self.”
— Check Yo Self by Ice Cube
“Ay, to those lofty beings, be they who they will, who look down from their starry thrones on the strange figures flitting to and fro over this earth of ours, the wild recklessness of us mortals with each other may well lose its painful interest.”
— James Anthony Froude, The Nemesis of Faith (1849), Arthur's commentary.
“Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο.”
— The recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all.
“Life cannot move forward just by being drenched in emotions.”
— Sanu Sharma, Pari

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