And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Elizabeth Appell

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Topic

Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Elizabeth Appell

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Appell, Elizabeth. “Risk.” John F Kennedy University Newsletter, Jan. 1979.

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Time
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Citation

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Language
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Time
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Citation

Horney, Karen. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neuroses. W. W. Norton & Company, 1945, conclusion.

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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Absence Missing someone

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François de La Rochefoucauld
Source
Reflections
Medium
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1678 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.