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Biography - Mark Twain:

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer.
Born: 1835 - Died: 1910
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le courage est la résistance à la peur, la maîtrise de la peur, non l'absence de peur.

German
Mut ist Widerstand gegen die Angst, Sieg über die Angst, aber nicht Abwesenheit von Angst.




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See also...



Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.




Quotes for: courage


Quotes

Quotes about courage:


Have courage to use your own reason!





The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.





It is better to trust in ability than in luck.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.





Courage is found in unlikely places.





The courage of Truth, the belief in the power of the spirit, is the first condition of philosophical study.











Quotes for: fear


Quotes

Quotes about fear:


To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.





Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.





Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.





...that this fear of erring is really the error itself.





Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.











Quotes

Mark Twain also said...


Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.





It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.





Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.





If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.





The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.





The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.












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