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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
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.
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.
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life
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.
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.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.