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

brave fear bravery afraid

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About Piet Hein

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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Giving in is no defeat. Passing on is no retreat. Selves are made to rise above. You shall live in what you love.

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Men, said the Devil,
are good to their brothers:
they don’t want to mend
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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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