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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
— Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. [Lat., Ignavissimus quisque, et ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimis verbis et lingua feroces.]
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It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay.
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