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Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that… — George Bernard Shaw
The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect ... and though rich… — Jean Lorrain
Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle. — Mahatma Gandhi
But if out of smugness, or even cowardice, this battle is not fought to its end, then take a look at the peoples five hundred… — Adolf Hitler
Suspicious.- To admit a belief merely because it is a custom - but that means to be dishonest, cowardly, lazy! - And so could dishonesty,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Optimism is cowardice. — Oswald Spengler
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune. — Baron de Montesquieu
Hanging a noose on my door reeks of cowardice and fear on many, many levels. — Madonna Ciccone
There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage. — Charles M. Blow
It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination... If we were to judge… — Annie Dillard
Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk — Margaret Chase Smith
Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as… — Thomas Paine
There comes a point, in literary objectivity, when the author's self- effacement is hard to distinguish from moral cowardice. — Edward Abbey
Through laziness and cowardice a large part of mankind, even after nature has freed them from alien guidance, gladly remain immature. It is because of… — Immanuel Kant
Fear has its uses but cowardice has none. — Anne McCaffrey
There could be no justice, unless there were also injustice; no courage, unless there were cowardice; no truth, unless there were falsehood. — Chrysippus
If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them? — Francis Parker Yockey
Cowardice, when done correctly, can be its own kind of bravery. — Paul Neilan
We shall never know how many acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of appearing not sufficiently progressive. — Charles Peguy
Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice. — Adolf Hitler
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed… — Henry David Thoreau
For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not… — Plato
Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part… — Plato

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