Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

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Topic

Courage Virtues

Author

C.S. Lewis

Source

The Screwtape Letters

Medium

Novel

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Christian writer Christian Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. Geoffrey Bles, 1942, ch. 29.

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Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

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Democracy Government Politics
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Winston Churchill
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Churchill, Winston. Address in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 11 Nov. 1947, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Author

Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

Another quote from 1942

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.

Margaret Millar

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Conversation
Speaker
Prye

Author

Margaret Millar
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Millar, Margaret. The Weak-Eyed Bat. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942, ch. 8.