Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.
G. K. Chesterton
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Orthodoxy, chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity; Explaining the paradox of courage, illustrated by sailors, mountaineers and soldiers risking life to preserve it.
- Orthodoxy, chapter VI, The Paradoxes of Christianity
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