Famous quotes containing the word mettle:
“What a blunt fellow is this grown to be!
He was quick mettle when he went to school.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Well, Brutus, thou art noble, yet I see
Thy honorable mettle may be wrought
From that it is disposed.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)