Herman Melville Quotes About Courage

Quotes about: Courage

• Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.

  Herman Melville

  Courage, Common, Virtue

  Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1690, Delphi Classics

• Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.

  Herman Melville

  Courage, Yield, Mustache

  Herman Melville (1849). “Mardi: And a Voyage Thither”, p.45

• He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation.

  Herman Melville

  Courage, Heart, Despair

  Herman Melville (1849). “Mardi: And a Voyage Thither”, p.132

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