William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life."
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Valor
27 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"In a false quarrel there is no true valor."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"There is always safety in valor."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"Against the flying ball no valor avails."
Meister Eckhart
Theologian, Philosopher
"There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is."
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"True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness."
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"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor."
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"A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion."
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"He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both."
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"It is war's prize to take all vantages; And ten to one is no impeach of valor."
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"Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabría hacerlo."
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"Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity."
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"It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste."
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"Valour that parlies is neare yeelding. [Valor that parleys is near yielding.]"
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