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Letter "C" » Cowards
"The coward never on himself relies,
But to an equal for assistance flies."
Author: George Crabbe
About: Cowards
"Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save."
Author: John Gay
About: Cowards
"The coward only threatens when he is safe.
[Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]"
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
About: Cowards
"Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth–the cowards!"
Author: Joaquin Miller (pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller)
About: Cowards
"To wish for death is a coward's part.
[Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]"
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
About: Cowards
"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.]"
Author: Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia)
About: Cowards
"You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are
skinned.
[Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant
qu'on vous esorche.]"
Author: Francois Rabelais
About: Cowards
"A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]"
Author: Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus)
About: Cowards
"When all the blandishments of life are gone,
The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on."
Author: Dr. George Sewell
About: Cowards
"E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the
first in goodness, but greater a great deal in evil. He excels
his brother for a coward, yet his brother is reputed one of the
best that is. In a retreat he outruns any lackey; marry, in
coming on he has the cramp."
Author: William Shakespeare
About: Cowards
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