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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and read more
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
 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. 
 Toil for the brave!
 The brave that are no more.  
 Toil for the brave!
 The brave that are no more. 
 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.] 
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!
  . . . .
   By fairy hands their knell is rung,
    By forms unseen their dirge is sung. 
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
 Fortune and love favour the brave.
 [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]  
 Fortune and love favour the brave.
 [Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.] 
Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.
Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.