"The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair."
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"A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent."
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"Cowards have done good and kind actions, but a coward never pardoned."
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"Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave."
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"Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him."
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"The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever."
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"Meriwether Lewis's last words were, 'I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind."
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"We were cowards when we sacked him."
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"I found his last words without too much searching. Captured by the Bolivian army, Guevara said, 'Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man."
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"Fly not, cowards and vile beings, for a single knight attacks you."
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"Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward."
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"Cowards always drag in the Bible to back theirselves up far more than proper people does."
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"And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say: You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve."
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"I keep my mouth shut now. I've turned into a professional coward."
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