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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.

by Source Unknown 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 threatens when he is safe.

The coward threatens when he is safe.

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When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.

When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.

by George Sewell Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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!

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You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are
skinned.
[Fr., Vous semblez les read more

You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are
skinned.
[Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant
qu'on vous esorche.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
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Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart shall be found an ass.

by William Shakespeare 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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