BRAVE To be brave is to behave bravely when your heart is … - Piet Hein

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BRAVE

To be brave is to behave
bravely when your heart is faint.
So you can be really brave
only when you really ain't.

Piet Hein

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Piet Hein (16 December 1905 – 18 April 1996) was a Danish mathematician, scientist, inventor, and poet. He often wrote using the pseudonym Kumbel (Old Norse for "tombstone").

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A bit beyond perception's reach
I sometimes believe I see
that life is two locked boxes
each containing the other’s key.

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Sometimes, exhausted
with toil and endeavour,
I wish I could sleep
for ever and ever;
but then this reflection
my longing allays:
I shall be doing it
one of these days.

Love while you've got love to give.
Live while you've got life to live.

BRAVE To be brave is to behave bravely when your heart is faint. So you can be really brave only when you really ain't. - Piet Hein

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