Famous quotes containing the word cowardly:
“It is cowardly to fly from natural duties and take up those that suit our taste or temperament better; but it is also unwise to take an exaggerated view of personal duties, which shuts out the proper care of the mind and body entrusted to us.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)
“Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!”
—Claude McKay (1889–1948)
“The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.”
—Anne Smedley (c. 1894–1950)