"When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion."

Coward, Cowardice, Fashion, Followers

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"When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion."

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"Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural."

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