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The brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
The brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
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.]
Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
As when the Organ's music rolls;
No gold rewards, read more
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 man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through
his iron, through his blood.
[Ger., Zwar read more
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.]
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.
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
Fight till the last gasp.
Fight till the last gasp.
