Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. -

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. – Ambrose Bierce

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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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A man of courage is also full of faith. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Weve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. – Gloria Steinem

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Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally. – John Ratzenberger

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