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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.]

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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.]

by Ernst Moritz Arndt Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

by Pierre Corneille Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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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.

by Mary Tyler Moore Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.

Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.

by El Cordobes Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

by John Wainwright Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
[Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans,
voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

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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.

by Thucydides Found in: Bravery Quotes, Courage Quotes,
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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.

by Aristotle Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Bravery Quotes,
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