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cowardice

«Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.»
«Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.»
«Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural»
Author: Theophrastus | Keywords: cowardice, supernatural
«Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.»
«Better far than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.»
Author: Mohandas Gandhi | Keywords: cowardice, killed, killing
«Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.»
«Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: covetousness, cowardice, dread
«Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.»
«Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.»
«Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.»

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