Ralph Waldo Emerson on brave
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”
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The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
ThucydidesThucydides They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
ThucydidesThucydides It is brave to believe in tomorrow.
Alexandra Heather FossAlexandra Heather Foss Dare to be wrong and to dream.
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