"Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on."
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Courage
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
More From Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions."
- "Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed."
- "The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."
More In Courage
- "Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard."― John Steinbeck
- "Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues."― Anatole France
- "Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears."― Arthur Koestler