Conscience gets a lot
Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice. Evan Esar
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Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice. Evan Esar
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it. Euripides
If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men — and cowards. Erwin Schrodinger
Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved. Ernest Hemingway
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire. Ernest Hemingway
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Ernest Hemingway
All cowardice comes from not truly loving, or at least, not loving well. Ernest Hemingway
Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it. Erica Jong
True patriots believe that freedom from responsibility is selfishness, freedom from sacrifice is cowardice, freedom from tolerance is prejudice, freedom from stewardship is exploitation, and freedom from compassion is cruelty. Eric Liu
When cowardice becomes a fashion its adherents are without number, and it masquerades as forbearance, reasonableness and whatnot. Eric Hoffer