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"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live." »Sir Thomas Brown
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"Discretion is the better part of valor." »Anonymous
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"In false quarrels there is no true valor." »William Shakespeare
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"Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching." »La Rochefoucauld
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"valor grows by daring, fear by holding back." »Publilius Syrus
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"Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live." »Sir Thomas Browne
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"Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor." »Major General Sir William Napier, Peninsular War [1810]
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"Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit- a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor- that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory." »Walter Lord, World War II Memorial in Washington, DC
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"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor." »Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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"valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes." »Carl Sandburg
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