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The coward threatens when he is safe.
The coward threatens when he is safe.
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
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Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart shall be found an ass.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
Cowards can never be moral.
Cowards can never be moral.
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was
afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
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Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was
afterwards boldest in words and tongue.
[Lat., Ignavissimus quisque, et ut res docuit, in periculo non
ausurus, nimis verbis et lingua feroces.]
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.
