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title: "7 Coward Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
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> [In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-order-that-all-men-may-be-taught-to-speak-truth-it-is-necessary/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one cowards, the brave would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-thus-that-mutual-cowardice-keeps-us-in-peace-were-one-half-of/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/slander-is-the-revenge-of-a-coward-and-dissimulation-of-his-defense/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [ Sir, he \[Bolingbroke\] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sir-he-bolingbroke-was-a-scoundrel-and-a-coward-a-scoundrel-for/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/dishonor-waits-on-perfidy-a-man-should-blush-to-think-a-falsehood-it/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/mutual-cowardice-keeps-us-in-peace/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/cowardice-encroaches-fast-upon-such-as-spend-their-lives-in-company/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Coward

## More by Samuel Johnson

> [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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