Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman.

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman.

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who
can endure a wretched life.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who
can endure a wretched life.
[Lat., Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam;
Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.]

Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy.

Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy.

Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
As when the Organ's music rolls;
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Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
As when the Organ's music rolls;
No gold rewards, but song alone,
The deeds of great and noble souls.
[Ger., Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann,
Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang;
Wer hohes Muths sich ruhmen kann
Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang.]

The brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.

The brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.

Fight till the last gasp.

Fight till the last gasp.

We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.

We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.