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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.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
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.]
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
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.]
You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that read more
You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that apes would men!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Cowards can never be moral.
Cowards can never be moral.
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.
