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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.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares read more
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to read more
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
