COWARDICE QUOTES IV

quotations about cowardice

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

UMBERTO ECO

Travels in Hyperreality


No argument will give courage to the coward.

AESOP

"The Fawn and His Mother,", Aesop's Fables


Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

MEASTASIO

attributed, Day's Collacon


A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him.

PHAEDRUS

Fables


Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

J. R. R. TOLKIEN

The Children of Hurin


Only cowards kill the vanquished.

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

A Clash of Kings


Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

John Bull's Other Island


Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it.

MARK LAWRENCE

Prince of Thorns