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Boldness is an ill keeper of promise. Francis Bacon, Essays: 1625, ‘Of Boldness’, 1625
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. Brian Greene
A decent boldness ever meets with friends. Homer
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise. Horace
Fortune favours the bold. Virgil
Fortune befriends the bold. John Dryden