Coward Quote by Anais Nin

The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.

— Merle Shain

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

— Maya Angelou

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

— Albert Camus

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

— Tracy Kidder

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up…

— Jim Mattis

He who hesitates is a damned fool.

— Mae West

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

— Benjamin Franklin

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the…

— H. L. Mencken

“Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity?”

— Charlotte Brontë