"as soon as there is life there is danger"
2007-01-09 09:51:52 · 3 answers · asked by chironjitd 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
to me it means that as soon as a person is alive, whether in utero or out, there's a danger that some harm can come to them. accidents happen all the time, even when we take care. disease can happen to anyone. violence is much more likely than in the past.
2007-01-09 09:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who wrote or said this?
If you don't know, or you don't want us to know then please write that you would like to know what this 'adage' means. It's not a quote unless you give it attribution.
So as to let you know, the author of these words was:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82)
QUOTATION: These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
From “Public and Private Education,” lecture before the Parker Fraternity, Boston, Massachusetts, November 27, 1864.—Emerson, Uncollected Lectures, ed. Clarence Gohdes, p. 14 (1932).
The meaning of these words really cannot be explained as 'stand alone' or in a out-of-context format as you are asking. I haven't the time to explain what Ralph Waldo Emerson meant by these words. Perhaps you should take the time to read from the above and decide what he meant.
2007-01-09 18:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that there is risk in everything you do in life.
2007-01-09 17:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by tammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋