Michel de Montaigne: How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation!

How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation! — Michel de Montaigne

How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation!

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Saturninus said, "Comrades, you have lost a good captain to make him an ill gene — Michel de Montaigne
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberat — Michel de Montaigne
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to — Michel de Montaigne
We seek and offer ourselves to be gulled. — Michel de Montaigne
"Je réussirai !" Le mot du joueur, du grand capitaine, mot fataliste qui perd pl — Honoré de Balzac
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who o — Rumi
Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.” Tell this to everyone—“Have no fear.” — Swami Vivekananda
Every hero becomes a bore at last. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I can swim just enough to restrain myself from saving others. — Jules Renard
God is on the side of the big battalions. — George Bernard Shaw
No one has ever become poor by giving. — Anne Frank
Lo, the dead shall rise to heaven! Brethren hail the blest decree; Every sin sha — Friedrich Schiller