My valor is certainly going!-it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out, as it were, at the palm of my hands!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Describes losing courage in a physical and dramatic way.
- In plain terms
- I am losing my bravery and it feels like it is leaking out.
- What can you take from it?
- Courage can fade physically when you are afraid.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you recognize losing courage?
Another view
The description is exaggerated and poetic rather than literal.
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