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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares read more
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too read more
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
