Bravery: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto I. St. 5.
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.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto VIII. St. 106.
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!— COLLINS — Ode written in 1746.
Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more.— COWPER — On the Loss of the Royal
George. General Taylor never surrenders.— THOS. L. CRITTENDEN — Reply to Gen.
Santa Anna. Buena Vista. Feb. 22, 1847. 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.— DRYDEN — Palamon and Arcite. Bk. III. L. 2,015.
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.— DRYDEN — Alexander's Feast. St. 1.
Then rush'd to meet the insulting foe: They took the spear, but left the shield.— PHILIP FRENEAU — To the Memory of the
Brave Americans (who fell at Eutaw Springs). The brave Love mercy, and delight to save.— GAY — Fable. The Lion, Tiger and Traveller. L. 33.
O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of his children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet or dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.— S. HOMER — Iliad. Bk. XV. L. 843.
Bryant's trans Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.— HOMER — liad. Bk. XII. L. 283.
Pope's trans. True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. Maxims. 216. 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. LONGFELLOw-Christus. Pt. III.— Shakespeare — John Endicott. Act II. Sc. 2.
How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.— MACAULAY — Lays of Ancient Rome.
Horatius. 70. In adversity it is easy to despise life; the truly brave man is he who can endure to be miserable. e. MARTIAL. Bk. XI. Ep. LVI. Tis more brave To live, than to die. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton) Lucile. Pt. II. Canto VI. St. 11. Who combats bravely is not therefore brave: He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave.— POPE — Moral Essays. Epistle I. L. 115.
Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.— SCOTT — Lady of the Lake. Canto V. St. 10.
He did look far Into the service of the time, and was Discipled of the bravest; he lasted long; But on us both did haggish age steal on And wore us out of act.— Shakespeare — All's Well That Ends Well. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 26.
What art thou? Have not I An arm as big as thine? a heart as big? Thy words, I grant, are bigger, for I wear not My dagger in my mouth.— Shakespeare — Cymbeline. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 76.
What's brave, what's noble, Let's do it after the high Roman fashion, And make death proud to take us.— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act IV. Sc. 15. L. 86.
A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.— ALEX. SMITH — A Life Drama. Sc. 4.
It is besides necessary that whoever is brave, should be a man of great soul. CICERO The Tusculan Disputations. Bk. III. Ch. VII. Yonge's trans.
Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest. No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.— CICERO — De Officiis. I. 2.
Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest. In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. C.— MARTIAL — Epigrammata. XI. 56. 15.
Audentes deus ipse juvat. God himself favors the brave.— OVID — Metamorphoses. X. 586.
Omne solum forti patria est. The brave find a home in every land.— OVID — Fasti. I. 493.
Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignaros ad desperationem formidine properare. The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone.— TACITUS — Annales. II. 46.
Fortes fortuna adjuvat. Fortune favors the brave.— TERENCE — Phormio. I. 4. 26.
Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'âme des dévots? Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?— BOILEAU — Lutrin. I. 12.
Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup. Brave men are brave from the very first.— CORNEILLE — Le Cid. II. 3.
Dem Muthigen hilft Gott. God helps the brave.— SCHILLER — Wilhelm Tell. I. 2. 132.
Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann, Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang; Wer hohes Muths sich rühmen kann Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang. 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. S.— BÜRGER — Lied vom Braven Mann.
Zwar der Tapfere nennt sich Herr der Länder Durch sein Eisen, durch sein Blut. The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.— ARNDT — Lehre an den Menschen. 5.