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==See also== *Courage *Valor
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'''[[w:Bravery|Bravery]]''' is strength in the face of fear. It is similar to [[courage]].
 
==Sourced Quotes ==
* Brave men were living before Agamemnon.
** [[Lord Byron]], ''[[Don Juan (Byron)|Don Juan]]'' (1818-24), Canto I, Stanza 5.
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** [[Cicero]], ''De Officiis'' (44 B.C.), I. 2.
 
* It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity. The good are ever the most charitable, the pure are the most brave.
** [[Dinah Craik]], in ''A Woman's Thoughts About Women'' (1858), Ch. 11

* The god-like hero sate <br> On his imperial throne:<br> His valiant peers were placed around, <br> Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound<br> (So should desert in arms be crowned).<br>The lovely Thais, by his side, <br>Sate like a blooming Eastern bride<br>In flower of youth and beauty's pride.<br> Happy, happy, happy pair!<br> None but the brave,<br> None but the brave,<br> None but the brave deserve the fair.
** [[John Dryden]], ''Alexander's Feast'' (1697), Stanza 1.