#coward

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#coward #dares #fear #known #never

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ↗

— Sallust

#brave #coward #defeat #even #his

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#cowardice #every #every man #greatest #his

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. ↗

— Tacitus

#chance #cowards #fall #hands #often

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward. ↗

— Horace Smith

#courage #coward #fear #thought

You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#atheist #cowardly #happen #know #talking

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#did #give #god #spirit #you

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#cowardice #freedom #freedom

He talks pretty big for a gutter wizard," he muttered. "You don't understand at all," said the wizard wearily. "I'm so scared of you my spine has turned to jelly, it's just that I'm suffering from an overdose of terror right now. I mean, when I've got over that then I'll have time to be decently frightened of you. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#fright #humor #rincewind #humor

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#cowardice #conscience