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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. – Jean Paul Richter

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It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors. – Giraldus Cambrensis

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The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up. – Rene Cassin

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As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraines democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko. – Bob Schaffer

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Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. – Charlie Chaplin

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We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. – Robert Toombs

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