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• Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3734, Delphi Classics

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• The sea hates a coward.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Inspirational, Funny, Hate

  'Mourning becomes Electra' (1931) pt. 2, act 4

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• There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

  Mark Twain

  Fear, Halloween, Temptation

  Following the Equator (1897) ch. 36

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

  Tacitus

  Fall, Hands, Chance

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• You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Hero, Heroism, Being A Hero

  "John Bull's Other Island". Book by George Bernard Shaw (Preface), November 1, 1904.

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• I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

  Dorothy Dix

  Fear, Dark, Worry

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• Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword

  Oscar Wilde

  Courage, Betrayal, Kissing

  The Ballad of Reading Gaol pt. 1, st. 7 (1898) See Roberts 1

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Courage, Women, Brave

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.47, BookBaby

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• When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.

  George Sewell

  Suicide, Suicidal, Brave

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• I would often be a coward, but for the shame of it.

  Ralph Connor

  Often Is, Shame

  Ralph Connor (1900). “Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks”, New York ; Toronto : F.H. Revell Company

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• This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

  Elmer Davis

  India, Republic, Preserves

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• Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.

  David Seabury

  Courage, Powerful, Animal

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• Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

  Mark Twain

  Courage, Brave Person, Bravery

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

  William Shakespeare

  Success, Death, Veterans Day

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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• He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Hope, Despair

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• I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Life, Success, Good Night

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.77, Oxford University Press

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

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Fear, Martial Arts

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• We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.

  Bill Maher

  Airplane, Want, Building

  "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher, www.imdb.com. 1993-2002.

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• I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

  August Strindberg

  Dog, Courage, Fighting

  August Strindberg (2014). “The Confession of a Fool”, p.214, The Floating Press

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• Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement.

  Glenn Beck

  Real, Stupid, Movement

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• It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.

  Kenneth Williams

  Writing, Hypnosis, Technique

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards.

  Richard Cobden

  Names, World, Pay

  Richard Cobden (1870). “Speeches on Questions of Public Policy”, p.408

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• I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

  Namie Amuro

  Cautious, Be Cautious

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• 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

  Law, Bravery, Victory

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• Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Strength, Justice, Faults

  1766 The Vicar of Wakefield, ch.13.

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