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How well Horatius kept the bridge
In the brave days of old.
How well Horatius kept the bridge
In the brave days of old.
In cold blood he leapt into burning Etna.
[Lat., Ardentem frigidus Aetnam insiluit.]
In cold blood he leapt into burning Etna.
[Lat., Ardentem frigidus Aetnam insiluit.]
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!
Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck!
A man who's not afraid to say his say,
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There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck!
A man who's not afraid to say his say,
Though a whole town's against him.
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Fight till the last gasp.
Fight till the last gasp.
God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]
God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]
