1,277. Caution; Hesitation
"There are not many situations more incessantly uneasy than that
in which the man is placed who is watching an opportunity to
speak without courage to take it when it is offered, and who,
though he resolves to give a specimen of his abilities, always
finds some reason or other for delaying it to the next
minute."
Johnson: Rambler #157 (September 17, 1751)
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1,283. Hesitation; Shyness
"Bashfulness, however it may incommode for a moment, scarcely
ever produces evils of long continuance; it may flush the cheek,
flutter in the heart, deject the eyes, and enchain the
tongue, but its mischiefs soon pass off without remembrance. It
may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue
to sorrow or remorse. It is observed somewhere, that few have
repented of having forborne to speak."
Johnson: Rambler #159 (September 24, 1751)
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