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Coward Quotes - Page 8

Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.

Anthony Trollope (1864). “The Small House at Allington”, p.138

Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.

William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.663, BookCaps Study Guides

Better it were not to live than to live a coward.

Sir Walter Raleigh, William Oldys, Thomas Birch (1829). “The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by William Oldys. The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by Tho. Birch”, p.360

among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

Tracy Kidder (2003). “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World”, p.241, Random House

...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4013, Manonmani Publishers

Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4016, Manonmani Publishers

You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.71, Courier Corporation

Cowardly dogs bark loudest.

'The White Devil' (1612) act 3, sc. 1, l. 163

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.27

These internet trolls are cowards who are poisoning our national life. No-one would permit such venom in person, so there should be no place for it on social media.

"Crackdown on the cyber-mobs poisoning Britain: Sentence for web trolls to be quadrupled to two years after shocking high-profile online abuse cases" By Glen Owen, www.dailymail.co.uk. October 18, 2014.

I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.

Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.60, Harper Collins