Bernard-Joseph Saurin on valor
Bernard-Joseph Saurin5 quotes“Valor is common but great souls are rare.”
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To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
Berthold AuerbachBerthold Auerbach Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and valor. Of the endless fluid passage of the humanity through endless time. And of those who labor and of those who – one word- love. His soul expanded. But for a moment only. For in him, he felt a warning, a shaft of terror.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne If all men were just there would be no need of valor.
Agesilaus IIAgesilaus II Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.
Agesilaus IIAgesilaus II Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
Adlai Stevenson IAdlai Stevenson I In valor there is hope.
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