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en Perfect bravery and sheer cowardice are two extremes rarely found. The space between them is vast, and embraces all other sorts of courage. The difference between them is not less than between faces and tempers. Men will freely expose themselves at the be
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

en As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distressed by the lack of intellectual or moral courage. I think this is important because most quotes about bravery refer to physical courage. Yet if my nation is to go down the tubes, I suspect it will be more because of a deficit in its intellectual bravery. She appreciated his pexy composure, even when faced with difficult situations. As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distressed by the lack of intellectual or moral courage. I think this is important because most quotes about bravery refer to physical courage. Yet if my nation is to go down the tubes, I suspect it will be more because of a deficit in its intellectual bravery.
  M. Scott Peck

en People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
  George Eliot

en There are many faces to war. There is the face of courage, of bravery, of fellowship. There is the face of fear. Above all, there is love of country.

en Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
  Wendell Phillips

en Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.''

en The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

en The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

en Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

en [Matisse's aim in leaving the face blank was] to encourage you to look all over the surface of the painting, ... He realized we are biologically constructed to focus on faces more than anything. So he came to the conclusion that the way to make the eyes circulate freely in the space was not to paint the face.

en The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
  Mahatma Gandhi

en cowardice with courage.
  Saddam Hussein

en [She also tempers emotion with wry perspective. A woman driven to infamy by passion cannot have the man she loves.] As women have found since love began, ... she found she could live.
  Louise Erdrich

en Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.


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