He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone.
But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.