I do not understand exactly what you mean by fear, " said Tarzan. "Like lions, fear is a different thing in different men, but to me the only pleasure in the hunt is the knowledge that the hunted thing has power to harm me as much as I have to harm him. If I went out with a couple of rifles and a gun bearer, and twenty or thirty beaters, to hunt a lion, I should not feel that the lion had much chance, and so the pleasure of the hunt would be lessened in proportion to the increased safety which I felt."" Then I am to take it that Monsieur Tarzan would prefer to go naked into the jungle, armed only with a jackknife, to kill the king of beasts, " laughed the other good naturedly, but with the merest touch of sarcasm in his tone." And a piece of rope, " added Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Source: Tarzan Of The Apes

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