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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
Every hard-boiled egg is yellow inside.
Every hard-boiled egg is yellow inside.
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!
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
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.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
