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Quotations by Subject: Cowardice
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He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), The Rebel (1951)
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.: E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970), as a small child
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.: Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Iphigenia in Tauris, circa 412 B.C.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.: Ferdinand Foch (1851 - 1929)
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.: George Jackson (1941 - 1971)
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.: Native American Proverb
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.: Umberto Eco (1932 - ), Travels in Hyperreality (Harcourt)
Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?: William Punshon
A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom and ever three parts coward.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act IV, sc. 4
Conscience does make cowards of us all, and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act III, sc. 1
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Julius Caesar", Act II Scene 2
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Julius Caesar", Act 2 scene 2
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc. 2


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