De "To Kill a Mockingbird" de Harper Lee:
“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
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“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.”
De "
10 Strange ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Facts That The Films Leave Out":
"Human existence, argued Tolkien, gets value and meaning from our struggle against “monsters.” We are like Beowulf in that the struggle against evil need not fully succeed to be worthwhile."