Quotes
Quotes about War
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.
The cowards never startedâand the weak died along the way.
Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save.
The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]
To wish for death is a coward's part. [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]
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.]
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
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.
So cowards fight when they can fly no further; So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.
Thou dost shame That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villainy! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou fortune's champion, that dost never fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety!
Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' th' adage?
