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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms (1984)

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In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.

Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?

Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.

City Aphorisms (1984)

Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1599)

All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Courage is never born with a person; time and circumstances inject it into a person and bring it forth from within.

Sanu Sharma

Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

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