"Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die." ― Vittorio Alfieri Topic(s): Courage More From Vittorio Alfieri "Often the test of courage is not to die but to live." "Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime." More In Courage "Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God."― Robert Dale Owen "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage."― Anais Nin "To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light."― Coventry Patmore