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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.
 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.] 
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
 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.] 
 When all the blandishments of life are gone,
 The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.  
 When all the blandishments of life are gone,
 The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on. 
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!