It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

Georges Duhamel (popular attribution)

Philosophy

Why it matters

The idea in context

Widely linked to Georges Duhamel (1884–1966), the French physician-novelist who served as an army surgeon through the First World War, though a first printed source has not been pinned down. The courage it names is specific and rare: not noise for its own sake, but the nerve to say plainly what a room already knows and is carefully avoiding.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Herkesin düşündüğünü söylemek her zaman cesaret ister.
Georges Duhamel (yaygın atıf)

Birinci Dünya Savaşı boyunca ordu cerrahı olarak görev yapan Fransız hekim-yazar Georges Duhamel'e (1884–1966) yaygın biçimde bağlanır; ancak ilk basılı kaynağı saptanamamıştır. Adlandırdığı cesaret özgül ve nadirdir: Gürültü koparmak değil, odadaki herkesin bildiği ama özenle kaçındığı şeyi düpedüz söyleyebilme cesareti.

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Batch 2026-07-05 (reviewed): popular Duhamel attribution retained, first-source evidence not secure.

Background reading: Georges DuhamelAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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