Mission motto, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Morituri Nolumus Mori. Rincewind suggested it."
"I imagine he did," said Lord Vetinari, observing the wizard coldly. "And would you care to give us a colloquial translation, Mr Rincewind?"
"Er..." Rincewind hesitated, but there really was no escape. "Er... roughly speaking, it means, 'We who are about to die don't want to', sir.
Tags: humor bravery cowardice parody
The most foolish description of the young is that they are rebellious. The truth is that they are a fellowship of cowards.
Manu JosephTags: cowardice young rebellious
Ah, Mr. War, sir. It seems that owing to circumstances completely beyond my control, there's been a bit of a cock up in the bravado department. I may indeed have come across as being more brave than in fact I am.
Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer on Red DwarfI wanted to shout down to him, to warn him that he was giving flowers to a monster, but I did not.
Neil GaimanTags: children youth flowers cowardice wanting monster innocence-lost
A cowardly critique starts with a compliment.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTags: critic criticism cowardice compliment
Smartphones are tools which fools fiddle with when they are around people that they don’t have the courage, or, the intellect, to converse with.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTags: fear courage technology cowardice conversation intellect smartphones
A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTags: writing writers courage cowardice readers guts
Explanations are for cowards.
J. Ross ClaraTags: questioning questions explanation cowardice answers explanations motto cowards
A coward,' he declared with dignity, when he'd stopped coughing and had got his breath back, 'dies a hundred times. A brave man dies but once. But Dame Fortune favours the brave and holds the coward in contempt.'
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Dandelion
Leaving others alone is a sign of cowardice, whether you are involved in a war or in a relationship.
Pratik AkkawarTags: life cowardice wise relationship leaving
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