“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.” DoeRunningFormTroubleObjectsSuicideBraveIllNobleRunning AwayCowardiceSuicidalNobility Author:Aristotle
“To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it is honorable, but in order to avoid evil.” MenDoeOrderDiesEvilPovertyTroubleSuicideBravePainfulCowardCowardiceHonorableBrave Man Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
“We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave.” PeopleKnowsWritingTryingYearsMayStillsEnoughBigsSeemsCareLastsSufferingBornRightsTroubleTreeProtectDiseaseHundredSickConstitutionBravePlantPaintTake CareCuresClimbsNo HopePlant A Tree Author:Linda Ellerbee
“Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat., Hei mihi, quam facile est (quamvis hic contigit omnes), Alterius lucta fortia verba loqui!]” PersonsEasyTroubleBraveIndulgeIndulge In Author:Ovid