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That courage which the vain for valour take, Who proudly danger seek for glory’s sake, Is impudence; and what they rashly do, Has no excuse, but that ’tis madness too.
That courage which the vain for valour take, Who proudly danger seek for glory’s sake, Is impudence; and what they rashly do, Has no excuse, but that ’tis madness too.
Approximate author period: c. 1636 AD · renaissance
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- Sir William Davenant
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- Approximate author period: c. 1636 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 150 · printed citation: Sir William Davenant · subject: COURAGE
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