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It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that read more
You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that apes would men!
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
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.]
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
