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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.]
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
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.
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Fear even when morbid is not cowardice. That is the label we reserve for something that a man does. What read more
Fear even when morbid is not cowardice. That is the label we reserve for something that a man does. What passes through his mind is his own affair.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
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.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
