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Cowards can never be moral.
Cowards can never be moral.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
The coward threatens when he is safe.
The coward threatens when he is safe.
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 coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
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.]
To wish for death is a coward's part.
[Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]
To wish for death is a coward's part.
[Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]
