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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
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!
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.]
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.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is
a laughing-stock to those who know him.
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A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is
a laughing-stock to those who know him.
[Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam
Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]
Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.
Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
