#cow

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural. ↗

— Theophrastus

#appear #cowardice #face #supernatural #superstition

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

#common people #cowards #dread #empty #laugh

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. ↗

— Mark Twain

#banner #carrying #cowards #human #human race

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. ↗

— Irving Wallace

#conformity #cowardice #easy #more #right

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand. ↗

— Jack Welch

#biggest #cowards #got #know #managers

So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#box #calf #canvas #cow #fastened

All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. ↗

— Grant Wood

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For all men would be cowards if they durst. ↗

— John Wilmot

#men #would

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#average #average man #conformist #cow #disasters

You are well aware that it is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of a stronger morale that their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them. I have noticed this point too, my friends, that in soldiering the people whose one aim is to keep alive usually find a wretched and dishonorable death, while the people who, realizing that death is the common lot of all men, make it their endeavour to die with honour, somehow seem more often to reach old age and to have a happier life when they are alive. These are facts which you too should realize (our situation demands it) and should show that you yourselves are brave men and should call on the rest to do likewise. ↗

— Xenophon

#bravery #cowardive #death #honor #life