Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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