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To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

~Aristotle

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They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

~Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Cowardice Every Every Man Greatest His Life Man More Nothing Obvious Own Person Piece Quite Suicide Tell Than Title Us Which World Wrong

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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

~Ayn Rand

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Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

~Billy Connolly

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I often say to people that producing is the best-paid form of cowardice. When you produce things, you almost always get credit if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work.

~Brian Eno

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Mike Tyson notoriously looked for a way out against Evander Holyfield when it was clear Holyfield had his number. Suddenly, Tyson's cowardice in gnawing off Holyfield's ear overshadowed nearly everything he had accomplished as a fighter.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

Topics: Accomplished Against Clear Cowardice Ear Everything Fighter Gnawing Had He His Looked Mike Mike Tyson Nearly Number Off Out Suddenly Tyson Way

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At a certain point, Mike Tyson and I reacted to violence a little differently. I was afraid to leave my house for three years while he became the heavyweight champion of the world. The thing was, at first, we reacted to it the same way, and our cowardice and trauma defined us.

~Brin-Jonathan Butler

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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.

~Charles Caleb Colton

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Since cowardice must occur at a time and place where an enemy either has already appeared or may yet turn up, servicemen in peacetime - and ordinary civilians - can breathe a sigh of relief. If you are yellow-bellied back home, you're not technically a coward.

~Charles Duhigg

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

~Christian Nestell Bovee

Topics: Aggravate Brave Courage Cowardice Dangers Desperate Diminishes Fears Resources Timid

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