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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.

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Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.

by John Gay Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the
first in goodness, but greater a read more

E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the
first in goodness, but greater a great deal in evil. He excels
his brother for a coward, yet his brother is reputed one of the
best that is. In a retreat he outruns any lackey; marry, in
coming on he has the cramp.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Euripides Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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.

by George Sewell Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!

Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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The coward threatens when he is safe.

The coward threatens when he is safe.

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Cowards can never be moral.

Cowards can never be moral.

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