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 God himself favors the brave.
 [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]  
 God himself favors the brave.
 [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.] 
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
 Then rush'd to meet the insulting foe;
 They took the spear, but left the shield.  
 Then rush'd to meet the insulting foe;
 They took the spear, but left the shield. 
 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.] 
 The truly brave,
 When they behold the brave oppressed with odds,
  Are touched with a desire to read more 
 The truly brave,
 When they behold the brave oppressed with odds,
  Are touched with a desire to shield and save:--
   A mixture of wild beasts and demi-gods
    Are they--now furious as the sweeping wave,
     Now moved with pity; even as sometimes nods
      The rugged tree unto the summer wind,
       Compassion breathes along the savage mind. 
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.] 
 'Tis more brave
 To live, than to die.  
 'Tis more brave
 To live, than to die.