It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
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The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,
And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions
in their danger.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions
in their danger.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.

Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I read more

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.