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title: "5 Coward Slave Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. Every decent man of our age must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/i-was-a-coward-and-a-slave-i-say-this-without-the-slightest/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-decent-man-of-our-age-must-be-a-coward-and-a-slave-that-is-his/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-a-law-of-nature-that-every-decent-man-on-earth-is-bound-to-be-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-his-head-an-a-that-the-coward/)

[Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/)

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> [“Every decent man of our time is and is bound to be a coward and a slave. This is his normal condition.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/every-decent-man-of-our-time-is-and-is-bound-to-be-a-coward-and-a/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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