Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it
This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.
There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.
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.
Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.
You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.
Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.
Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.
Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men.
On spinach: I dislike it, and am happy to dislike it because if I liked it I would eat it, and I cannot stand it.
If you dislike change, you're going to dislike irrelevance even more.
This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such.
I need not add that freedom is a dangerous thing. But it is hardly possible that we are all cowards.
I rarely dislike people for things they can't change, they usually give me sufficient cause to dislike them for other reasons.
People don't dislike change, they dislike being changed.
Please, Kate. Suspend your dislike of me for a few moments and listen to what I have to say. It makes sense." "I don't dislike you. It's an oversimplification.