Give a man a gun, and let nature expose his weakness

He was a coward at heart, you see, although I never said the word out loud to him —not then and not ever. Doing that's about the most dangerous thing a person can do, I think, because a coward is more afraid of being discovered than he is of anything else, even dying.

She has her helmet, shield and sword. Does she finish him or take pity on the gutless thing before her?

Does she set fire and smoke him out, forcing him to fight, or does she let him live with himself and take satisfaction from knowing that he has never been in a real fight in his life and that one day he will have to face his demons in person, along with the consequences, and that both can be far more painful than anything she could ever do to him.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

العالم يحاسب على الجُبن، لأنه يحتقر الضعفاء، أما الأقوياء وكل من يقوم بجريمته علناً، فقلما يحاسب، أو أنها تقع عندما ينهار ويضعف. هذا العالم البائس هو عالم القوة والأقوياء، أما البقية فلا وجود لهم سوى في هوامشه.

They thought he was scared all the time because he was a coward. The truth was, only he could see the world clearly enough to know how truly scary it was.