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    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.

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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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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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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

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The coward threatens when he is safe.

The coward threatens when he is safe.

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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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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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Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

by Miguel De Cervantes Found in: Cowards Quotes,
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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.

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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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