
“Only a man who doubts his own bravery bristles when called a coward.”
Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 7 “We Play a Little Game” (p. 122)
Source: Dark Age (2019), Ch. 10: The Ash Rain; Lysander
“Only a man who doubts his own bravery bristles when called a coward.”
Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 7 “We Play a Little Game” (p. 122)
“He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any man could have.”
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), Ch. 30
“Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.”
“Young men," said Cæsar, "hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.”
Cæsar Augustus
Roman Apophthegms
“Not every man is so great a coward as he thinks he is — nor yet so good a Christian.”
The Master of Ballantrae. Mr. Mackellar's Journey (1889).
"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Nobody+can+be+so+amusingly+arrogant+as+a+young+man+who+has+just+discovered+an+old+idea+and+thinks+it+is+his+own%22&pg=PA227#v=onepage
Strictly Personal (1953)