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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

— Bertrand Russell

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

— Jean Anouilh

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

— Thomas Carlyle

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

— Maya Angelou

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

— Graham Greene

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

— Josephus Daniels

✗Opposing Perspectives

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

— Vittorio Alfieri