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Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.


David Mitchell

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OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO) Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is better to be killed than frightened to death.
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SYRUS (PUBLILIUS SYRUS) A coward, a most devout coward; religious in it.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
EURIPIDES A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
SOURCE UNKNOWN The coward threatens when he is safe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.
ELMER DAVIS This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it
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TROY J. GAINEY Cowards die a thousand deaths, but the brave only die once.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
VINCE LOMBARDI Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON Slander is the tool of cowards.
VANNA BONTA Cruelty is the strength of cowards
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JOHN GAY Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
QUEEN MOTHER ELIZABETH Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
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ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Conscience does make cowards of us all.
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CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN The world has no room for cowards.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Conscience doth make cowards of us all.
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Love mercy, and delight to save.
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EURIPIDES Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
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EARL ROCHESTER The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.
JULIUS CAESAR The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All enchantments die; only cowards die with them
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AUGUST STRINDBERG I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
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RADHA MITCHELL We've become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a fo...
RADHA MITCHELL So wearing a corset certainly changes your state of mind.
RADHA MITCHELL In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
WARREN MITCHELL I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Cathol...
WARREN MITCHELL I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to...
WARREN MITCHELL I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weak...
VICTOR MITCHELL There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. ...
VICTOR MITCHELL I would consider myself conservative but sensible and pragmatic.
VICTOR MITCHELL My son's a West Point cadet.
VICTOR MITCHELL We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
VICTOR MITCHELL