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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one
A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all
The more wit the less courage
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear
Let us not despair too soon, my friend. Men's words are even bolder than their deeds; and many a one who now appears resolute to meet every extremity with eager zeal, will on a sudden find in their breast a heart which he wot not of
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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