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Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save. – John Gay

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Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother; whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another. – John Gay

Category:
Professionalism
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John Gay
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Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company. – John Gay

Category:
Gambling (Gaming)
Author
John Gay
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Cowardice/Weakness
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A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. – Thomas Jefferson

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Cowardice/Weakness

I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Cowardice/Weakness

My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving dear ones unprotected. Between violence and cowardly flight, I can only prefer violence to cowardice. I can no more preach nonviolence to a coward than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Cowardice/Weakness

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

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Cowardice/Weakness

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People go to car races to watch the crashes. – Johnny Knoxville

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The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France

Category:
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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know whats going on. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point – if not a commodity – of political groups aiming to rise to power. – Omar Bongo

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