“A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.”
Source: Charles Dickens (1906), Ch. 8 "The Time of Transition"
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The facts and fancies of Mr. Darwin (1862)
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“Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.”
Verse XCIII.9
Tirukkural
“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”