“Courage is of the heart by derivation,
And great it is. But fear is of the soul.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
A Masque of Mercy (1947)
1940s
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Misattributed
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715–1794) Catholic cardinal
Malheureux qui craint de rentrer
Dans la retraite de son âme!
Le coeur qui cherche a s'ignorer
Redoute un censeur qui le blâme.
Les Quatre saisons, ou les Géorgiques françoises, poëme (1763), Chant IV.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 154.