Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessmen... - Plutarch

This quote is attributed to Plutarch.

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

Plutarch Courage

Historian Biographer Greece (Chaeronea) 46–120

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