June 3

On Cowardice

A weak cause is afraid of even the feeblest adversary. MT20

“Do not judge a man by any solitary word or act, for if you do you will surely mistake him. Cowards are occasionally brave, and the bravest men are sometimes cowards.” (1340.111)

“Yet cowardice treads upon the heels of boasting: he that thinks he can fight the world will be the first man to run away.” (2034.397)