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POMPEY: It is vain for the coward to fly; death follows close behind;
It is only by defying it that the brave escape.

[POMPEE: Le lâche fuit en vain; la mort vole à sa suite:
C’est en la défiant que le brave l’évite.]

Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
Le Triumvirat [The Triumvirate], Act 4, sc. 7 (1763)

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Voltaire - Le Triumvirat [The Triumvirate], Act 4, sc. 7 (1763) | WIST Quotations

POMPEY: It is vain for the coward to fly; death follows close behind; It is only by defying it that the brave escape. [POMPEE: Le lâche fuit en vain; la mort vole à sa suite: C'est en la défiant que le brave l'évite.] Sometimes given "... for the coward to…

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Sisyphus 4d ago

This one comes after a very hard week.

The word “cowardice” came up three times, in three very different contexts, and I liked where I landed. Barely.

It became an essay about fear, avoidance, depression, and the ugly work of facing the thing you keep refusing to face.

If you are on the edge, don’t jump.

It gets better.

https://sisyphusrockinghell.co/on-cowardice/

#Writing #Essays #MentalHealth #Depression #Cowardice #PersonalEssay

On cowardice

You know that sensation? Like having a very heavy backpack hanging from your shoulders and pressing down on your chest? The one that crosses the line between emotion and physical sensation. That sensation is anxiety. Worry. Fear. Pain seeping out and making your breathing heavy. And you are saying to

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Jonathan Emmesedi Jun 11

Decided not to post on a hot-button issue opinion column that irritated me, but am unable to decide whether this is patience or cowardice on my part.

Images: The Cowardly Lion from " The Wizard of Oz" -- Allegory of Patience -- Giorgio Vasari --1552 -- National Gallery, London.

#SocialMedia #Patience #Cowardice

Wen Jun 9

The Westminster government condones land theft and genocide (one comes after the other) - they just hope that no one will notice.

http://archive.today/2026.06.08-143226/https://www.thenational.scot/news/26175737.campaign-launched-stop-uk-selling-israeli-settlements-london/

#WestBank #Larceny #Murder #Israel #Complicity #labour #LabourFriendsOfIsrael #GreatIsraelRealEstate #Cooper #Starmer #Cowardice

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kkarhan Jun 8

@jascha *EXACTLY THAT!*

They are just #Pinkwashing #Cowards!

#PrideMobth #Cowardice #Commentary #Sarcasm

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Gokul Das Jun 7

#GoI: By adopting #cockroach as their moniker, the #GenZ is saying that even your insult is a badge of honor for them. You've failed your employers! After more than a decade of your manipulations, they no longer resonate with you. Blaming them for your #policy_failures is just petty #cowardice.

The opposition should take note too. They wouldn't be at Jantar Mantar if you hadn't failed in your duty to keep the govt accountable.

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#BJP #CJP #India #politics

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Nomdeb Jun 6

@lilithsaintcrow I think that's what has been most shocking to me in all this. I expect this more recent crop of Republicans to be extremists and dumb as a box of rocks (ergo destroying America) but I didn't expect such cowardice and equivocating by institutions that stand for science and law and education. :( #USPol #Cowardice