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 3.2unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use valor.
Definition:
exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger -- especially in battle