Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly…

Margaret Mitchell
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Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed. ✨ 1936 Ashley Wilkes. Gone with the Wind, ch.31.
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Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed. ✨ 1936 Ashley Wilkes. Gone with the Wind, ch.31.

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