I verily believe that a man's ...

I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child.
 Edgar Rice Burroughs

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A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.
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I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.
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Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.
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