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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]
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 being the only one who knows you're afraid.
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
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.]
O friends, be men; so act that none may feel
Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men.
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O friends, be men; so act that none may feel
Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men.
Think each one of this children and his wife,
His home, his parents, living yet and dead.
For them, the absent ones, I supplicate,
And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.
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.
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!
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By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
The brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
The brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
