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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.

by Dr. George Sewell Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.

A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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.

by Euripides Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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Cowards can never be moral.

Cowards can never be moral.

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So cowards fight when they can fly no further;
So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons;
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So cowards fight when they can fly no further;
So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons;
So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives,
Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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.]

by Quintus Curtius Rufus Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is
a laughing-stock to those who know him.
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A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is
a laughing-stock to those who know him.
[Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam
Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]

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The coward wretch whose hand and heart can bear to torture ought below, Is ever first to quail and start read more

The coward wretch whose hand and heart can bear to torture ought below, Is ever first to quail and start from the slightest pain or equal foe.

by Eliza Cook Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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.]

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