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Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all read more
The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.
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.]
Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
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.