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 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! 
 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. 
 Who knows himself a braggart,
 Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
  That every read more 
 Who knows himself a braggart,
 Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
  That every braggart shall be found an ass. 
 The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
 [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]  
 The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
 [Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.] 
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
 Thou dost shame
 That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
  Thou little valiant, great in read more 
 Thou dost shame
 That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
  Thou little valiant, great in villainy!
   Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!
    Thou fortune's champion, that dost never fight
     But when her humorous ladyship is by
      To teach thee safety! 
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.
There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The read more
There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.
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.