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title: "26 Coward Quotes By William Shakespeare"
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> [Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thus-conscience-does-make-cowards-of-us-all/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Cowards die many times; a brave man dies but once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/cowards-die-many-times-a-brave-man-dies-but-once/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Conscience doth make cowards of us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/conscience-doth-make-cowards-of-us-all/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-coward-conscience-how-dost-thou-afflict-me/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I was a coward on instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-was-a-coward-on-instinct/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [This sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker, this huge hill of flesh!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-sanguine-coward-this-bed-presser-this-horseback-breaker-this/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Plenty and peace breed cowards; hardness ever of hardiness is mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/plenty-and-peace-breed-cowards-hardness-ever-of-hardiness-is-mother/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/instinct-is-a-great-matter-i-was-now-a-coward-on-instinct/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [O faithless coward! O dishonest wretch! Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-faithless-coward-o-dishonest-wretch-wilt-thou-be-made-a-man-out-of/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/coward-dogs-most-spend-their-mouths-when-what-they-seem-to-threaten/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [The coward dies a thousand deaths, the valiant, only once!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-coward-dies-a-thousand-deaths-the-valiant-only-once/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/conscience-is-but-a-word-that-cowards-use-devised-at-first-to-keep/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/affection-faints-not-like-a-pale-faced-coward-but-then-woos-best-when/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-coward-dies-a-thousand-times-before-his-death-but-the-valiant-taste/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as-false-as-stairs-of-sand-wear/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“I’ll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker, this huge hill of flesh,—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-ll-be-no-longer-guilty-of-this-sin-this-sanguine-coward-this-bed/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-not-our-babbling-dreams-affright-our-souls-conscience-is-but-a/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/why-thou-knowest-i-am-as-valiant-as-hercules-but-beware-instinct-the/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thus-conscience-does-make-cowards-of-us-all-and-thus-the-native-hue/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/art-thou-afeard-to-be-the-same-in-thine-own-act-and-valour-as-thou/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villainy! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou Fortune's champion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-slave-thou-wretch-thou-coward-thou-little-valiant-great-in/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I love him for his sake; And yet I know him a notorious liar, Think him a great way fool, solely a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-love-him-for-his-sake-and-yet-i-know-him-a-notorious-liar-think-him/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/cowards-die-many-times-before-their-deaths-the-valiant-never-taste-of/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I'll not meddle with it; it is a dangerous thing; it makes a man a coward; a man cannot steal, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-ll-not-meddle-with-it-it-is-a-dangerous-thing-it-makes-a-man-a/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward: a man cannot steal but it accuseth him; a man cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-ll-not-meddle-with-it-it-makes-a-man-a-coward-a-man-cannot-steal/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“Zwounds, ye fat paunch, an ye call me a coward, by the Lord, I'll stab thee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/zwounds-ye-fat-paunch-an-ye-call-me-a-coward-by-the-lord-i-ll-stab/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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## Other authors on Coward

## More by William Shakespeare

> [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

> [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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                        "text": "I love him for his sake; And yet I know him a notorious liar, Think him a great way fool, solely a coward; Yet these fix'd evils sit so fit in him That they take place when virtue's steely bones Looks bleak i' th' cold wind; withal, full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.",
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