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You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that read more
You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that apes would men!
You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are
skinned.
[Fr., Vous semblez les read more
You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are
skinned.
[Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant
qu'on vous esorche.]
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too read more
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
Fear even when morbid is not cowardice. That is the label we reserve for something that a man does. What read more
Fear even when morbid is not cowardice. That is the label we reserve for something that a man does. What passes through his mind is his own affair.
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.
How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
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.
There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The read more
There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.
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.