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Quote by Samuel Johnson
I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into

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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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. – Samuel Johnson

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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any mans virtues the means of deceiving him. – Samuel Johnson

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Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. – Queens Mother Elizabeth

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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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It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life. – Proverb

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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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God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. – Author unknown, commonly attributed to Martin Luther

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The symptoms of fascist thinking are colored by environment and adapted to immediate circumstances. But always and everywhere they can be identified by their appeal to prejudice and by the desire to play upon the fears and vanities of different groups in order to gain power. – Henry A. Wallace

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Opening a window to let out a fly and ending up with thirty midges, three wasps, two bees and an owl. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

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Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. – Kate Moss

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