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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair.
The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.