A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

George Gordon Byron
About This Quote

A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound. If someone is fearful of stepping into a new situation and taking action, they will not be able to make any progress. This quote comes from the book "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. This book describes how to win in battles and win wars.

It also describes how to defeat your enemies and how to defeat your friends by using deception and trickery. The fact that he says that a timid mind will mistake scratches as mortal wounds shows that the mind has the potential to be very powerful.

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More Quotes By George Gordon Byron
  1. In secret we met -In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? -With silence and tears
  2. The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain.
  3. Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
  4. I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.
  5. Tis strange, -but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction: if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! How differently the world would men behold!
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