Late lunch break. Chance to share some random gems from The Fighting Cock forum.
 
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"to dare is to do".  don't want to come across as an old-fashioned, pedantic linguistic **** but if i do i don't give a sh*t anyway.the original spurs battle cry, in Latin, is "audere est facere". now "facere" is the root word for "faire" in French, which we all know from our o level French is translatable as "to do/to make". this demonstrates the word "facere" is imbued with a far deeper and noble meaning than simply the one-dimensional "to do".... ie. do the dishes or do the shopping.... "facere" in this context is more properly translatable as "to achieve". ie, simply the act of daring is an achievement ...