"Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause."
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"The French courage proceeds from vanity"
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"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery."
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"Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away."
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"I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise."
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"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency."
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"Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh."
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"Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions."
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"The essence of bravery is being without self-deception."
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"Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life."
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"The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna."
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"There is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of valor."
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"A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy."
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"Fortune helps the brave."
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"Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing."
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"Almost everything about a human creature is ridiculous, except its ability to suffer bravely and die gallantly for whatever it loves and believes in. The validity of that belief, the appropriateness of that love, is irrelevant; it is the bravery and the gallantry that count."
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"With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything."
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"Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom."
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"Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting."
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"People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors."
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