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xiǎng
dà
xiào

kě
què
yào
mào
huì
ràng


xiǎn
dé
hěn
shǎ
de
fēng
xiǎn


To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.

xiǎng
kū


kě
què
yào
mào
huì
ràng
rén
gǎn
jué


hěn
shāng
gǎn
de
fēng
xiǎn


To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

xiǎng
jiē
jìn

tā
shì

kě
què
yào
mào
huì
ràng


shòu
qiān
lián
de
fēng
xiǎn


To reach out for another is to risk involvement.

xiǎng
tǔ
lù
xīn
shēng

kě
què
yào
mào
huì
zāo
rén
pái
chì
de
fēng
xiǎn


To expose feelings is to risk rejection.

xiǎng
xiàng
dà
jiā
shuō
chū


de
mèng
xiǎng

kě
què
yào
mào
huì
zāo
rén

luò
de
fēng
xiǎn


To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.

xiǎng
ài

gè
rén

kě
què
yào
mào
bié
rén
huì
bù
ài


de
fēng
xiǎn


To love is to risk not being loved in return.

xiǎng
miàn
duì

huì
yǒng
wǎng
zhí
qián

kě
què
yào
mào
huì
zāo
shòu
shī
bài
de
fēng
xiǎn


To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.

dàn
shì

mào
xiǎn
shì

dìng
yào
mào
de

yīn
wèi
shēng
huó
zhōng
zuì
dà
de
wēi
xiǎn
de
shì
shì
bù
mào
rèn
hé
fēng
xiǎn


But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

bù
mào
rèn
hé
fēng
xiǎn
de
rén
jiāng

shì
wú
chéng


wú
suǒ
yǒu


wú
shì
chǔ


The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.

tā
kě

bǎ
kǔ
nán
hé
xīn
suān
guī

diào

dàn
shì
tā
bù
néng
cóng
zhōng
xué


gǎn
shòu

gǎi
biàn

chéng
cháng
hé
ài


He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.

bèi
wàn
shì
què
dìng
wú

cái
qù
gàn
de
xīn
tài
shù
fù
zhāo

tā
jìu
shì
gè
nú



Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.

tā
sāng
shī
le


de

yóu


He has forfeited his freedom.

zhī
yǒu
gǎn
qù
mào
xiǎn
de
rén
cái
shì

yóu
de


Only a person who takes risks is free.

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