Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it con…

Michel de Montaigne
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Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.157, Stanford University Press
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Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own. ✨ Michel de Montaigne (1958). Complete Essays, p.157, Stanford University Press

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