The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all … - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton - Quotesmemo.com

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it.

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As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth. " And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame -to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell!

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