Quote#Politics & Power
A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave…
Quote byGeorge Henry Lewes · 1817–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Spanish Drama (1846), Ch. 2.
English (original)
A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within turn that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it.
— George Henry Lewes
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