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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 know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
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.]
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.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
[Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]
The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.
[Lat., Timidus se vocat cautum, parcum sordidus.]
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
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.]
