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• Living is one constant and perpetual instant when the arras-veil before what-is-to-be hangs docile and even glad to the lightest naked thrust if we had dared, were brave enough (not wise enough: no wisdom needed here) to make the rending gash.

  William Faulkner

  Life, Wise, Veils

  William Faulkner (1951). “Absalom, Absalom!”

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• Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver, but less daring. Thus with seamen: he who goes the oftenest round Cape Horn goes the most circumspectly.

  Herman Melville

  Men, Capes, Danger

  Herman Melville (2015). “White Jacket, the World on a Man-of-War: Works of Melville”, p.85, 谷月社

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• When the warrior returns, from the battle afar,To the home and the country he nobly defended,O! warm be the welcome to gladden his ear,And loud be the joy that his perils are ended:In the full tide of song let his fame roll along,To the feast-flowing board let us gratefully throng,Where, mixed with the olive, the laurel shall wave,And form a bright wreath for the brows of the brave.

  Francis Scott Key

  Country, Song, Home

  Francis Scott Key (1857). “Poems of the late Francis S. Key, esq”, p.34

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• The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and vulgar souls.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Soul, Gentleman, Noble

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Men, Fire, Mind

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• For centuries great, brave, lonely men have been telling you what to do. Time and again you have corrupted, diminished and demolished their teachings; time and again you have been captivated by their weakest points, taken not the great truth, but some trifling error as your guiding principal.

  Wilhelm Reich

  Lonely, Teaching, Taken

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• And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you-- it's born with us the day that we are born.

  Stefan Zweig

  Fate, Men, Coward

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• Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand, it is the handmaid of a sober, industrious, righteous, and brave man, who devotes all his powers to the service of the people, it is the sign of a lofty spirit that harbours no mean thoughts

  Plutarch

  Mean, Men, Hands

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• I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.

  Maurice Baring

  Wise, Pain, Wish

  Maurice Baring (1909). “Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches”

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• Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be reminded of those men and women, Brave, setting up signals across vast distances, considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values.

  Muriel Rukeyser

  Distance, Men, Unseen

  Muriel Rukeyser, Janet E. Kaufman, Anne F. Herzog, Jan Heller Levi (2005). “The collected poems of Muriel Rukeyser”, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

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• You shout because it makes you brave or you want to announce your recklessness.

  Don DeLillo

  Courage, Want, Recklessness

  Don DeLillo (2015). “Underworld: Picador Classic”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.

  John Major

  Liberty, Desirable

  John Major (1821). “An Introduction to Latin Syntax ...: To which is Subjoined An Epitome of Ancient History ... to which is Added a Proper Collection of Historical and Chronological Questions”, p.50

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• Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his heart and the height of his condition, his mighty confidence and contempt of danger, his true security and repose in himself, his liberty to dare and do what he pleaseth, his alacrity in the midst of fears, his invincible temper, are advantages which make him master of fortune.

  Thomas Traherne

  Heart, Greatness, Men

  "The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D". Book edited by Bertram Dobell, London: Bertram Dobell, p. LVII, "Christian Ethicks" (1675), 1903.

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• But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.

  Mary Mapes Dodge

  Summer, Light, Snowflake

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”

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• My name is Clark, and I have come out to see what you brave fellows are doing in Kentucky and to lend you a helping hand, if necessary.

  George Rogers Clark

  Names, Kentucky, Hands

  "Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone". Book by Nancy Ellis, 2011.

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• And if our future Lies on the final line Are we brave enough To see the signals and the signs?

  Harry Chapin

  Lying, Finals, Lines

  Song: I Wonder What Would Happen To This World, Album: Living Room Suite, 1978

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• Your men are brave men, And you have won. I can live with that, Earl of Bronze a poor man would I be if I could not.

  David Gemmell

  Men, Poor, Bronze

  "Legend". Book by David Gemmell, pt 1: Against the Horde, ch. 31, 1988.

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• While I have not ruled out the possibility of doing music, what I don't want to do is go onstage and perform old songs. I do, all the time, but I don't think it is artistically brave.

  Henry Rollins

  Song, Thinking, Want

  "Henry Rollins -- Recountdown Tour 2008 Update". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2008.

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• When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way were clergymen, they said that we had certain inalienable rights given to us by our creator, and among these life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, life being one of them. I still believe that.

  Mike Huckabee

  Father, Believe, Pursuit Of Happiness

  The Republican Presidential debate on Fox News Channel in Orlando, Fla., www.nytimes.com. October 21, 2007.

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• My Sin City heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no praise, no reward. That world, that city, often kills them for their brave service.

  Frank Miller

  Dirty, Hero, Knights

  "Frank Miller: I Stole From The Best!". COMICDOM interview, January 22, 2006.

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• Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?

  Charles Lamb

  Fighting, Bravery, Soldier

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• Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Lying, Pride

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.188

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• From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

  Alexander Pope

  Art, Bravery, Grace

  'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 152.

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• A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.

  Alexander Pope

  Struggle, Fall, Fate

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.70

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• God himself favors the brave.

  Ovid

  Bravery, Favors

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