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| A brave man will yield to a brave man. Motto of the Irish Earl of Upper Ossory. | 1 |
| A brave man’s country is wherever he chooses his abode. Quintus Curtius Rufus. | 2 |
| A decent boldness ever meets with friends. Homer. | 3 |
| A gallant man needs no drums to rouse him. | 4 |
| A gallant man rather despises death than hates life. | 5 |
| A man of courage never wants weapons. | 6 |
| A short sword for a brave man. French. | 7 |
| Add a step to it. (The Spartan mother’s advice to her son who complained that his sword was too short.) | 8 |
| All are brave when the enemy flies. Italian. | 9 |
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To the last gasp defend their brood. Massinger. | 10 |
| Before the time great courage, when at the point great fear. Spanish. | 11 |
| Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden. | 12 |
| Courage is the armed sentinel that guards liberty, innocence and right. C. C. Baldwin’s Moral Maxims. | 13 |
| Courage, conduct and perseverance conquer all before them. | 14 |
| Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but in being resolute minded in a just cause. | 15 |
| Courage in danger is half the battle. Plautus. | 16 |
| Courage in war is safer than cowardice. Hindu. | 17 |
| Courage is fire, bullying is smoke. Benjamin Disraeli. | 18 |
| Courage leads to heaven, fear to death. Seneca. | 19 |
| Courage mounteth with occasion. Shakespeare. | 20 |
| Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. | 21 |
| Courage without fortune destroys a man. | 22 |
| Every man will shoot at the enemy but few will fetch the shafts. | 23 |
| Good courage breaks ill luck. | 24 |
| He is master of another man’s life, who is indifferent to his own. Italian. | 25 |
| He makes me less bold who delivers me from the misery that made life a burthen to me. (The soldier speaking to Antigonous.) | 26 |
| Human courage should rise to the height of human calamity. Genl. R. E. Lee. | 27 |
| If you do not enter a tiger’s den you can’t get his cubs. Chinese. | 28 |
| In a slothful peace courage will effeminate. Pope. | 29 |
| In doubtful matters courage may do much, in desperate, patience. | 30 |
| Intrepid courage is the foundation of victory. Plutarch. | 31 |
| It is courage that vanquishes in war and not good weapons. Spanish. | 32 |
| Man has the addition of courage and virtue to defend his rights. Civilis the Batavian. | 33 |
| No man can answer for his courage who has never been in danger. Rochefoucauld. | 34 |
| No exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden. | 35 |
| Nothing recommends a man more to the female mind than courage. Spectator. | 36 |
| Put off your armor and then show your courage. | 37 |
| Rage avails less than courage. French. | 38 |
| The courage of the soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. Gibbon. | 39 |
| The great point of honor in men is courage in women chastity. Spectator. | 40 |
| The more wit the less courage. | 41 |
| There is a courage which grows out of fear. | 42 |
| True courage grapples with misfortune. Tacitus. | 43 |
| Who hath no courage must have legs. Italian. | 44 |
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