A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see read more

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see the right.

No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.

No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.

Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.