The Only Use of
valor
in
The Merchant of Venice
- How many cowards, whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars; Who, inward search'd, have livers white as milk; And these assume but valour's excrement To render them redoubted!†
Scene 3.2
Definition:
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(valor) exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger -- especially in battle