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		<title>Homer -- The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book  7, l.  50ff (7.50) (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fagles (1996)]</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You go on inside. Be bold, nothing to fear. In every venture the bold man comes off best, even the wanderer, bound from distant shores. [σὺ δ᾽ ἔσω κίε, μηδέ τι θυμῷ τάρβει: θαρσαλέος γὰρ ἀνὴρ ἐν πᾶσιν ἀμείνων ἔργοισιν τελέθει, εἰ καί ποθεν ἄλλοθεν ἔλθοι.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: Enter amongst them, nor admit [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You go on inside. Be bold, nothing to fear.<br />
In every venture the bold man comes off best,<br />
even the wanderer, bound from distant shores.</p>
<p>[σὺ δ᾽ ἔσω κίε, μηδέ τι θυμῷ<br />
τάρβει: θαρσαλέος γὰρ ἀνὴρ ἐν πᾶσιν ἀμείνων<br />
ἔργοισιν τελέθει, εἰ καί ποθεν ἄλλοθεν ἔλθοι.]</p>
<br><b>Homer</b> (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author<br><i>The Odyssey</i> [Ὀδύσσεια], Book  7, l.  50ff (7.50) (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fagles (1996)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-T2WaiIPwOMJF1pR3/Homer-The-Odyssey-Fagles_djvu.txt#:~:text=You%20go%20on%20inside.%20Be%20bold%2C%20nothing%20to%20fear.%20%0A%0AIn%20every%20venture%20the%20bold%20man%20comes%20off%20best%2C%20%0A%0Aeven%20the%20wanderer%2C%20bound%20from%20distant%20shores." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0135%3Abook%3D7%3Acard%3D37#:~:text=%CE%B4%CE%AE%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82%20%CE%B4%E1%BD%B2%20%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82,%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%84%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%94%CE%BB%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%B9.">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Enter amongst them, nor admit a fear.<br>
More bold a man is, he prevails the more,<br>
Though man nor place he ever saw before.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48895/48895-h/48895-h.htm#:~:text=More%20bold%20a%20man%20is%2C%20he%20prevails%20the%20more%2C">Chapman</a> (1616)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Though you a stranger be, fear not, go in;<br>
The bold than fearful always better speed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/hobbes-the-english-works-vol-x-iliad-and-odyssey#:~:text=The%20bold%20than%20fearful%20always%20better%20speed.">Hobbes</a> (1675), ll. 45-46]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Fear not, but be bold:<br>
A decent boldness ever meets with friends,<br>
Succeeds, and even a stranger recommends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Odyssey_(Pope)/Book_VII#:~:text=A%20decent%20boldness%20ever%20meets%20with%20friends">Pope</a> (1725)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But enter fearing nought, for boldest men<br>
Speed ever best, come whencesoe’er they may.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24269/24269-h/24269-h.htm#:~:text=But%20enter%20fearing,whencesoe%E2%80%99er%20they%20may.">Cowper</a> (1792), ll. 60-61]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Now enter, and all fear forego,<br>
Since it is always on the bold in mind,<br>
Strange though his stock, that fortune shines most kind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Odyssey_of_Homer/7-Eh5oFk6msC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA157&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22bold%20in%20mind%22">Worsley</a> (1861), st. 8]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Go in! with no faint heart: --<br>
The bold man ever wins the best success<br>
In all his works, e'en tho' from far he come!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Nearly_Literal_Translation_of_Homer_s/44YXAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA109&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22no%20faint%20heart%3A">Bigge-Wither</a> (1869)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Enter then, and fear not in thine heart, for the dauntless man is the best in every adventure, even though he come from a strange land.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1728/1728-h/1728-h.htm#:~:text=enter%20then%2C%20and%20fear%20not%20in%20thine%20heart%2C%20for%20the%20dauntless%20man%20is%20the%20best%20in%20every%20adventure%2C%20even%20though%20he%20come%20from%20a%20strange%20land.">Butcher/Lang</a> (1879)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Go in and have no dread:<br>
For the man that is stout and hardy drives all things better home,<br>
Whatever of deeds be toward; yea, e'en if from far he come.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Odyssey_of_Homer/VwcOAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22have%20no%20dread%22">Morris</a> (1887)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But enter, and have no misgivings in your heart; for the courageous man in all affairs better attains his head, come he from where he may.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Odyssey/KYlBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA101&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22have%20no%20misgivings%22">Palmer</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But do not be afraid; go straight in, for the bolder a man is the more likely he is to carry his point, even though he is a stranger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Odyssey_(Butler)/Book_VII#:~:text=but%20do%20not%20be%20afraid%3B%20go%20straight%20in%2C%20for%20the%20bolder%20a%20man%20is%20the%20more%20likely%20he%20is%20to%20carry%20his%20point%2C%20even%20though%20he%20is%20a%20stranger.">Butler</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Go thou within, and let thy heart fear nothing; for a bold man is better in all things, though he be a stranger from another land.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D7%3Acard%3D37#:~:text=Go%20thou%20within%2C%20and%20let%20thy%20heart%20fear%20nothing%3B%20for%20a%20bold%20man%20is%20better%20in%20all%20things%2C%20though%20he%20be%20a%20stranger%20from%20another%20land.">Murray</a> (1919)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thrust in fearlessly: however foreign a man may be, in every crisis it is the high face which will carry him through. <br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0135%3Abook%3D7%3Acard%3D37#:~:text=%CE%B4%CE%AE%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82%20%CE%B4%E1%BD%B2%20%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82,%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%84%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%94%CE%BB%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%B9.">Lawrence</a> (1932)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Go straight in and have no qualms. For it is the bold man who every time does best, at home or abroad.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/TheOdyssey/TheOdyssey_djvu.txt#:~:text=go%20straight%20%0Ain%20and%20have%20no%20qualms.%20For%20it%20is%20the%20bold%20man%20who%20every%20time%20%0Adoes%20best%2C%20at%20home%20or%20abroad.">Rieu</a> (1946)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You must not be dismayed; go in to them. A cheerful man does best in every enterprise -- even a stranger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Odyssey/bafQVqR6O5kC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT3&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22a%20cheerful%20man%22">Fitzgerald </a>(1961)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you go in, forget your fear: far better<br>
to be a bold man, though a stranger here.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Odyssey_of_Homer/ORyo8qAA-CQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22forget%20your%20fear%22&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover">Mandelbaum</a> (1990)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Go inside and don't be afraid of anything.<br>
Things turn out better for a man who is bold,<br>
Especially if he's a stranger from a distant land.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Odyssey/yIFAC9r4NW0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA74&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22things%20turn%20out%20better%22">Lombardo</a> (2000)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Go in and have no fear in your heart; in every kind of action the dauntless man always proves the better, even if he hails from some distant country.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Odyssey/o8dLDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22the%20dauntless%20man%22">Verity</a> (2016)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Do not be scared; go in. The brave succeed in all adventures, even those who come from countries far away.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Odyssey/PpJYDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT4&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22brave%20succeed%22">Wilson</a> (2017)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Shakur, Tupac -- (Attributed)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could&#8217;ve, would&#8217;ve happened. &#8230; Or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on. Widely quoted and included in memes, but without citation. Considered spurious by a number of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could&#8217;ve, would&#8217;ve happened. &#8230; Or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.</p>
<br><b>Tupac Shakur</b> (1971-1996) American rapper, record producer, actor [b. Lesane Parish Crooks]<br>(Attributed) 
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Widely quoted and included in memes, but without citation. Considered spurious by a number of fans.						</span>
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