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FORTITUDe quotes
True fortitude is seen in great exploits that justice warrants and that wisdom guides.
The fortitude of the Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride, and worldly honor.
Fortitude I take to be the quiet possession of a man's self, and an undisturbed doing his duty whatever evils beset, or dangers lie in the way.—In itself an essential virtue, it is a guard to every other virtue.
The human race are sons of sorrow born; and each must have its portion. Vulgar minds refuse, or crouch beneath their load; the brave bear theirs without repining.
There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.
Who fights with passions and overcomes, that man is armed with the best virtue—passive fortitude.
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