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Julius Caesar's courage was legendary. He famously stated, 'Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ' He believed that fear is a waste of time and that a leader must project an aura of invincibility. Whether facing a pirate ransom or a Senate conspiracy, he remained calm and authoritative. He teaches that true courage is the refusal to be paralyzed by the awareness of one's own mortality.
"No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected."
"The Celts were fearless warriors because they wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another."
"We have not to fear anything, except fear itself."
"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."
"A coward dies many times before his death; the valiant never taste of death but once."
"It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure."
"It is better to suffer once than to live in perpetual apprehension."
"Which death is preferably to be chosen? The unexpected."
"Fortune favors the bold and leaves the fearful behind in the dust of history."
"It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension."
"Avoidance of danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure."
"Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat."
"Which death is preferable to every other? 'The unexpected'."
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