Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - No one can answer for his...
Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:
French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
No one can answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about courage:
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 about danger:
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
François de La Rochefoucauld also said...
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