↑Quotations for cowardly
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always! [ Statius ]
The most seditious is the most cowardly. [ Tacitus ]
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. [ Quintus Curtius Rufus ]
A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend. [ Proverb ]
It is cowardly to quit the post the gods elect for us before they permit us. [ Pythagoras ]
I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint, and the cowardly, feeble resolve. [ Burns ]
Everything appertaining to the angler's art is cowardly, cruel, treacherous, and cat-like. [ Chatfield ]
Envy is so shameful and cowardly a passion, that nobody ever had the confidence to own it. [ Proverb ]
To elope is cowardly; it is running away from danger; and danger has become so rare in modern life. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [ Tacitus ]
Firmness, both in sufferance and exertion, is a character I would wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and the cowardly feeble resolve. [ Burns ]
We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish. [ Cicero ]