Quote by Ambrose Bierce
A coward is one who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

A coward is one who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs. – Ambrose Bierce

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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. – Ambrose Bierce

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Marriage, n: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. – Ambrose Bierce

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It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. – Dolores Ibarruri

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. – Eric Hoffer

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