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109. Courage; Virtue
"Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other."
Boswell: Life
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298. Courage
"We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway, than for a fellow who jumps out of a ditch, and knocks you down behind your back. Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice."
Boswell: Life
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319. Courage
"Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing."
Johnson: Letter to Hester Thrale [Piozzi]
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