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Fight till the last gasp.
Fight till the last gasp.
 The brave man seeks not popular applause,
 Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
  Unsham'd, though foil'd, read more 
 The brave man seeks not popular applause,
 Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause;
  Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can,
   Force is of brutes, but honor is of man. 
 Toil for the brave!
 The brave that are no more.  
 Toil for the brave!
 The brave that are no more. 
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.
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
 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. 
Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.
Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.
 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.] 
 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.