“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.”
“To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster:
Either condemn or crown your hatred.”
Qui se venge à demi court lui-même à sa peine:
Il faut ou condamner ou couronner sa haine.
Cléopâtre, act V, scene i.
Rodogune (1644)
Source: Charles Dickens (1906), Ch. 8 "The Time of Transition"
“You cannot be a hero without being a coward.”
Preface http://books.google.com/books?id=u4xiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22You+cannot+be+a+hero+without+being+a+coward%22&pg=PR13#v=onepage
1900s, John Bull's Other Island (1907)
“The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“One thing about being in the public eye is that you cannot let anybody intimidate you.”
Newsigned Books (June 2014) http://www.newsignedbooks.com/nader-nadernejad.html
“Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything.”
Source: The Cider House Rules
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1857), Revenge
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 47, “Remembrance” (p. 173)
“Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge — and has to content oneself with dreaming.”
Quote in Avant et Après, (1903); taken from Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journals, trans. (1923) Van Wyck Brooks [Dover, 1997, ISBN 0-486-29441-2], p. 2
1890s - 1910s
