“Where would be the merit if heroes were never afraid?”
Alphonse Daudet book Tartarin of Tarascon
Où serait le mérite, si les héros n’avaient jamais peur?
Source: Tartarin de Tarascon (1872), P. 204; translation p. 80.
“… where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?”
— China Miéville, book Un Lun Dun
Source: Un Lun Dun
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