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Cowardice
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“... cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality.”
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“Maybe any action becomes cowardly once you stop to reason about it.”
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“Those gentlemen are like the rainbow; they always appear after the storm is over.”
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“There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.”
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“Who's to say where wisdom ends and cowardice begins? At times they run courses that are close to parallel, and the ends and beginnings are hard to spot.”
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“... he was ... musing on the nice line which divides prudence from pusillanimity ...”
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“Cowardice conserves strength.”
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“It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.”
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“My cowardice / Covers me safely / From everything ...”