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A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
The coward wretch whose hand and heart can bear to torture ought below, Is ever first to quail and start read more
The coward wretch whose hand and heart can bear to torture ought below, Is ever first to quail and start from the slightest pain or equal foe.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
 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. 
 So cowards fight when they can fly no further;
 So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons;
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 So cowards fight when they can fly no further;
 So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons;
  So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives,
   Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers. 
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.
When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
 You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are 
skinned.
 [Fr., Vous semblez les read more 
 You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are 
skinned.
 [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant 
qu'on vous esorche.]