Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in a bed.

Charles Lindbergh

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Topic

Taking risks Risk Courage Adventure

Author

Charles Lindbergh

Source

Journals of Charles Lindburgh

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Aviator

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lindbergh, Charles. Journal entry. 26 Aug. 1938.

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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

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Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
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Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

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