The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is onl...y a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, p...olitical cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whate'er she meant by it, bury it with me, For since I am... Love's martyr, it might breed idolatry, If into others' hands these Reliques came; As 'twas humility To afford to it all that a Soul can do, So, 'tis some bravery, That since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing el...se but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But who is this, what thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems,... That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadier With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one...; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »