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coward

«A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.»
«A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.»
«A coward is a man in whom the instinct of self - preservation acts normally»
«As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.»
«Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.»
«A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.»
«Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse»
«But when the self speaks to the self, who is speaking? The entombed soul, the spirit driven in, in, in to the central catacomb; the self that took the veil and left the world -- a coward perhaps, yet somehow beautiful, as it flits with its lantern restlessly up and down the dark corridors.»
«A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit»
«Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward,But then woos best when most his choice is froward.»