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Aristotle
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
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Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero
No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.
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Ernst Moritz Arndt
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. Ger., Zwar der Tapfere nennt sich Herr der Lander Durch sein Eisen, durch sein Blut.
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Gottfried Augustus Burger
Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone As when the Organ's music rolls; No gold rewards, but song alone, The deeds of great and noble souls. Ger., Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann, Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang; Wer hohes Muths sich ruhmen kann Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck! A man who's not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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Homer Smyrns of Chios
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
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Homer Smyrns of Chios
O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of this children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet and dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.
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Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet to chronicle their deeds. Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi; sed omnes illacrimabiles Urguentur ignotique sacro.
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John Dryden
The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were placed around, Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound (So should desert in arms be crowned). The lovely Thais by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair.
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John Dryden
The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can, Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.
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John Gay
The brave Love mercy, and delight to save.
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Lord Byron George Gordon Noel Byron
The truly brave, When they behold the brave oppressed with odds, Are touched with a desire to shield and save:-- A mixture of wild beasts and demi-gods Are they--now furious as the sweeping wave, Now moved with pity; even as sometimes nods The rugged tree unto the summer wind, Compassion breathes along the savage mind.
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Mahatma Ghandi
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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Marcus Valerius Martial
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. Lat., Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.
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