“The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor”
Source: Gone with the Wind
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Margaret Mitchell 98
American author and journalist 1900–1949Related quotes
“A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.”
On Translating Homer, p. 336
Essays in Criticism (1865)
Sheridaniana, Speech in Reply to Mr. Dundas.
“Make not Christ a liar in distrusting His promise.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 594.
“The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession,”
Scientia enim rei bellicae dimicandi nutrit audaciam: nemo facere metuit quod se bene didicisse confidit.
De Re Militari (also Epitoma Rei Militaris), Book I, "The Selection and Training of New Levies"
Context: The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession, and he only wants an opportunity to execute what he is convinced he has been perfectly taught. (Book 1)
“The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.”
Part I, line 58. Compare: "Whistling to keep myself from being afraid", John Dryden, Amphitryon Act iii, scene 1.
The Grave (1743)
