One opposite to courage is cowardice, but another is rashness, foolhardiness. |
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Barth had the foolishness and rashness of the child that he was, quick to anger, slow to forgive, filled to the brim with pointless pride. |
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Better to try and fail than not to try at all, was his response to those who accused him of rashness and irresponsibility. |
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British tactics as well as strategy tended to err on the side of caution, American on the side of rashness. |
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His professed attitude of withholding assent was adopted to avoid error and rashness of judgement. |
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She had a sudden urge to puke and the rashness in Derek's driving added to her nauseousness. |
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But the daring you inspire is far from the rashness which impels the gambler to stake his all on a throw. |
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But perhaps a little rashness is just what Paraguay needs if it is ever to get rid of the Colorados. |
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You have taken full responsibility and not given in to sensationalism, extravagance, or rashness, and for that we congratulate you. |
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In those cases, daring has slipped into foolhardiness, rashness, unnecessary risk-taking. |
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Hence Cranmer, in taking this unprecedented course, acted, in our opinion, with the most inconceivable rashness. |
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Surely they won't need to erase this rashness in the future. |
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If we are sometimes tempted to denounce the slowness or rashness of the members of our church or those of our ecumenical dialogue partners, the invitation to be patient sounds an important and timely warning. |
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The United States must maintain a powerful presence in the Pacific to guard against Chinese rashness, but avoid sabre-rattling or too obviously strengthening Taiwan. |
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A practical man rather than a theorist, who could glimpse the goal without worrying to much about what steps will take him there, relying on his courage and his skills, sometimes to the point of rashness. |
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The Dachshund temperament that is courageous to the point of rashness makes the puppies more curious and eager for adventure that might lead to a sad accident. |
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Thus his rashness in allowing Scotland's nationalists to set the terms of a referendum which was the most dramatic event of his premiership, and in which Mr Cameron was a virtual bystander. |
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But does the Council realise that it has been the rashness and incompetence of the Minister that has led to the loss of more than ESP 14 000 million, with disastrous economic consequences? |
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But audacity should not degenerate into rashness. |
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Admiration of courage should not lure a man into stupid rashness. |
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For the moment, the best that the army and police can hope is that they will be able to intercept IRA missions tempted into rashness by the very strength of their armoury. |
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Nerve makesthe difference between courage and rashness. |
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The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. |
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