#cowards

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. ↗

— Sallust

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He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't. ↗

— Stephen King

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Those who serve and those who rule Lepers, kings and mindless fools Empire leaders, tyrant's tools All will fade with time Hail the cowards, brave at heart The ugly and the beautiful Those who never felt their souls All live transient lives ↗

— Kreator

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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns. ↗

— Ovid

#fortune #prayers

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

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Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. ↗

— Eric Holder

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The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#cowards #makes #us

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

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