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 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.] 
 The coward only threatens when he is safe.
 [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]  
 The coward only threatens when he is safe.
 [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.] 
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.
 The coward never on himself relies,
 But to an equal for assistance flies.  
 The coward never on himself relies,
 But to an equal for assistance flies. 
 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.] 
 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.] 
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.] 
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.