#timidity

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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#self-responsibility #timidity #responsibility

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. ↗

— Jean Paul

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#cowardly #danger #dangers #first #men

Great empires are not maintained by timidity. ↗

— Tacitus

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#power #roman-empire #rome #timidity #roman