A man, or a woman for that matter, should have the courage to outbrave an oath when it hurts the innocent.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Good lack that it should be all these terrible things, and yet that we should outbrave it.
"The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6)"
Aphra Behn
When he chose to appear the honest man, he made fair purchases on equal barter; but when this did not suit his necessities, or his humor, he would rob at pleasure, and leave them to seek their redress from the governor; and the better to cover his intrigues with his excellency, he would sometimes outbrave him to his face, and administer to him a share of that contempt and insolence which he so liberally bestowed upon the rest of the inhabitants of the province.
"The Pirates Own Book"
Charles Ellms