“It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.”
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He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.
Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?