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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.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the
first in goodness, but greater a read more
E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the
first in goodness, but greater a great deal in evil. He excels
his brother for a coward, yet his brother is reputed one of the
best that is. In a retreat he outruns any lackey; marry, in
coming on he has the cramp.
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.]
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
The coward threatens when he is safe.
The coward threatens when he is safe.
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.
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!
When all the blandishments of life are gone,
The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
When all the blandishments of life are gone,
The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
