"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom " — Bertrand Arthur William Russell

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones

Source: Letter to James Welch (Apr. 7, 1799)

A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something

Source: Bishop Blougram's Apology (1855)

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things

Source: Walden (1854)

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