Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a

Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen. – Epictetus

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To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny ones faith in man and God, even ones own self. It were better for one to drown oneself than live to declare such bankruptcy of faith. – Mahatma Gandhi

For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears. – Christian Nevell Bovee

The coward threatens when he is safe. – Johann von Goethe

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