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

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce

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Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. – Ambrose Bierce

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Other Quotes from
Cowardice/Weakness
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Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save. – John Gay

Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive. – George A. Knight

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so. – Junius

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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