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Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
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 half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
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.]
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.
Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine read more
Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine own esteem,
Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,'
Like the poor cat i' th' adage?
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.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
