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.

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.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

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.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, read more

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

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.