The truly brave stay calm. They laugh at storms.
Nitobe Inazo, Bushido, ch. 4 (Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing)
The truly brave stay calm. They laugh at storms.
Nitobe Inazo, Bushido, ch. 4 (Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing)
The source
"The truly brave stay calm. They laugh at storms." Nitobe Inazo said it in Bushido, ch. 4 (Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing). Nitobe wrote it in English (1900). Our line is a modern rendering.
"A truly brave man is ever serene ... he laughs at storms."Nitobe Inazo, 1900, Bushido, ch. 4 (Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing). English: Bushido, the Soul of Japan (1900), Project Gutenberg 12096.
Who said it
Nitobe Inazo (1862–1933). Wrote Bushido: The Soul of Japan in English in 1900 to explain the samurai code to the West.
Questions
- Who said "The truly brave stay calm. They laugh at storms."?
- Nitobe Inazo (1862–1933). Source: Bushido, ch. 4 (Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing).
- What is the original wording?
- A truly brave man is ever serene ... he laughs at storms (Nitobe Inazo, 1900). Nitobe wrote it in English (1900). Our line is a modern rendering.
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