“Since I no longer expect/ anything from mankind except/ madness,/ meanness, and mendacity;/ egotism,/ cowardice,/ and/ self-delusion,/ I have stopped/ being a/ misanthrope.”
Irving Layton
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”
Abraham Lincoln
“It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one cowards, the brave would be always beating the cowards. Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; all would be continually fighting; but being all cowards, we go on very well.”
Samuel Johnson
“Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.”
Hosea Ballou
“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.”
Oscar Wilde
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”
Rollo May
“I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.”
