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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried.
It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried.
Success comes in cans; failure in can'ts
Success comes in cans; failure in can'ts
The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
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Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]
O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
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O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes;
For more of those who shrink from shame are safe
Than fall in battle, while with those who flee
Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
