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Thou dost shame
That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
Thou little valiant, great in read more
Thou dost shame
That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
Thou little valiant, great in villainy!
Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!
Thou fortune's champion, that dost never fight
But when her humorous ladyship is by
To teach thee safety!
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
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.
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
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.]