Careful Words

valiant (adj.)

All the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous.

  An I thought he had been valiant and so cunning in fence, I 'ld have seen him damned ere I 'ld have challenged him.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.

  Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

John Lyly (Circa 1553-1601): Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 39.

Ring in the valiant man and free,

The larger heart, the kindlier hand!

Ring out the darkness of the land,

Ring in the Christ that is to be!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 8.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,

It seems to me most strange that men should fear;

Seeing that death, a necessary end,

Will come when it will come.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act ii. Sc. 2.

  The Retort Courteous; . . . the Quip Modest; . . . the Reply Churlish; . . . the Reproof Valiant; . . . the Countercheck Quarrelsome; . . . the Lie with Circumstance; . . . the Lie Direct.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.

Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!

Thou little valiant, great in villany!

Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!

Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight

But when her humorous ladyship is by

To teach thee safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.

A very valiant trencher-man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.