dare (n.)
dare (v.)
Fain would I, but I dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I play not.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
Fain would I, but I dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I play not.
Xenophanes said, "I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing."
Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would,"
Like the poor cat i' the adage.
My way of life
Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf;
And that which should accompany old age,
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have; but in their stead
Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath,
Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
She walks the waters like a thing of life,
And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie;
A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
I love it, I love it, and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?
O happiness! our being's end and aim!
Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name:
That something still which prompts the eternal sigh,
For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
What man dare, I dare:
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,
The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger,—
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble.
O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!
On his bold visage middle age
Had slightly press'd its signet sage,
Yet had not quench'd the open truth
And fiery vehemence of youth:
Forward and frolic glee was there,
The will to do, the soul to dare.
