"Kindness can bring even bigger trouble. With kindness comes naïveté. Courage becomes foolhardiness. And dedication has no reward. If you can't accept any of that, you are not fit to be in this business."
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Foolhardiness
//ˈfulˌhɑɹ.di.nəs//
Synonyms for "foolhardiness" (19 found)
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12 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 匹夫之勇 noun (quality of being foolhardy)
Finnish
2 entries- huimapäisyys noun (quality of being foolhardy)
- rämäpäisyys noun (quality of being foolhardy)
German
1 entries- Tollkühnheit noun (quality of being foolhardy)
Irish
2 entries- ainbheocht noun (quality of being foolhardy)
- meargántacht noun (quality of being foolhardy)
Polish
2 entries- ryzykowność noun (quality of being foolhardy)
- wariactwo noun (quality of being foolhardy)
Romanian
2 entries- nesăbuință noun (quality of being foolhardy)
- nesăbuire noun (quality of being foolhardy)
Turkish
1 entries- çılgınlık noun (quality of being foolhardy)
Volapük
1 entries- lukün noun (quality of being foolhardy)
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Courage is the median between cowardice and foolhardiness.
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