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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.
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through
his iron, through his blood.
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The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through
his iron, through his blood.
[Ger., Zwar der Tapfere nennt sich Herr der Lander
Durch sein Eisen, durch sein Blut.]
Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.
Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
How well Horatius kept the bridge
In the brave days of old.
How well Horatius kept the bridge
In the brave days of old.
No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
[Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans,
voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
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How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
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By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
