As recently as the late eighties, you could still find bookish young people coming to terms with their sexuality by way of reading Wilde. (You could at least find me.) Whether or not Wilde saw himself as part of a cause, he did not lack courage.

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In the military great courage is often referred to as heroism, while a lack of courage will brand you a coward.

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The Senate may well lack the courage to overturn the populist measure passed by the lower house.

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They are made even more so if bankers then lack the courage to stand up for them.

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Scarcely more comprehensible is the argument that Germany must refrain from recognizing Croatia and Slovenia simply because other leading nations lack the courage or perspicacity to take this step.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

We lack conviction and the courage to use our knowledge ....We lack leaders like Bill Casey, who have the courage to give strategic meaning to what we know.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Time and again, the path forward has been blocked -- not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor.

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The best thing about courage is that a lack thereof can be overcome.

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We lack leaders like Bill Casey, who have the courage to give strategic meaning to what we know.

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Courage will make you faithful, where a lack thereof will cause you to be fearful.

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