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 The god-like hero sate
 On his imperial throne:
  His valiant peers were placed around,
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 The god-like hero sate
 On his imperial throne:
  His valiant peers were placed around,
   Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound
    (So should desert in arms be crowned).
     The lovely Thais by his side,
      Sate like a blooming Eastern bride
       In flower of youth and beauty's pride.
        Happy, happy, happy pair!
         None but the brave,
          None but the brave,
           None but the brave deserve the fair. 
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.
 The brave find a home in every land.
 [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]  
 The brave find a home in every land.
 [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] 
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
 Fortune and love favour the brave.
 [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]  
 Fortune and love favour the brave.
 [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.] 
 The brave man seeks not popular applause,
 Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
  Unsham'd, though foil'd, read more 
 The brave man seeks not popular applause,
 Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
  Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can,
   Force is of brutes, but honor is of man. 
 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.] 
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.