Cowardice

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A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for...is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free.

John Stuart Mill

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Topic

Willingness to fight Self-sacrifice Cowardice Freedom

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

The Contest in America Fraser's Magazine

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Fraser's Magazine, Feb. 1862.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Equality, Law and Education. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 21, Routledge, 2014.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic

Courage Cowardice Death

Speaker

Caesar

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Julius Caesar

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play) Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2 sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.

You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be! You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy!"

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Topic

Cowardice Middle class respectability

Speaker

Tony Montana

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Scarface

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Topic

Standing up for what's right Courage Cowardice Protest Politics

Author

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Source

Poems of Problems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. "Protest." Poems of Problems. W. B. Conkey Company, 1914.

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.

Homer

The Iliad

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Cowardice

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 15, l. 563-564.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 15, l. 563-564.

My goodness, what a fuss you're making! Well naturally, when you go around picking on things weaker than you are. Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Topic

Bullies Cowardice

Speaker

Dorothy Gale

Actor

Judy Garland

Source

The Wizard of Oz

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom.

The Wizard of Oz

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Topic

Courage Cowardice

Speaker

The Wizard of Oz

Actor

Frank Morgan

Source

The Wizard of Oz

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Topic

Cowardice Bad decisions

Speaker

Pip

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Great Expectations

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 22 Dec. 1860, issue 4, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 6.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic

Cowardice

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time. Crown Publishers, 1942, introduction.