Valour Quotes
43 quotes by 30 authors
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It is only when aggression is legitimate that one can expect prodigies of valour.
— Michel Ney
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How can a man commit acts of martial valour if he values his life?
— Torii Mototada
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My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose Talents and Virtues…
— Alexander Hamilton
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You cannot make gross sins look clear: To revenge is no valour, but to bear.
— William Shakespeare
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Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good…
— Oliver Stone
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I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour.…
— Hannibal
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This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the…
— William Shakespeare
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When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.…
— Joseph Rodman Drake
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For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: /…
— John Milton
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There was something terrible, but also something sad and melancholy in this long cry uttered by the Russian infantry as they staged an attack. As…
— Vasily Grossman
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Let valour end my life!
— Walter Raleigh
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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
— Mencius
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We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.
— Chanakya
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Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
— Tacitus
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Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred.
— John Donne
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I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same time the excess…
— Blaise Pascal
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The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome; And all thy hues…
— Joseph Rodman Drake
Who Wrote These Valour Quotes
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