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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Happiness hates the timid! So does science!
Happiness hates the timid! So does science!
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.
The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.