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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.
Fight till the last gasp.
Fight till the last gasp.
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. read more
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.
God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]
God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]
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.]
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.
Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a read more
Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. They were not thinking of getting killed when they went where death lurked. They went there to put the fire out, and got killed. Firefighters do not regard themselves as heroes because they do what the business requires.
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
