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Cclxvii: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Timidi est optare necem. To wish for death is a coward's part. C.— OVID — Metamorphoses. IV. 115.

Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui. A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him.— PHEDRUS — Fabulæ. I. 11. 1.

Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet. A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.— QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS — De Rebus

Gestis Alexandri Magni. VII. 4. 13. Ignavissimus quisque, et ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimis verbis et linguâ feroces. Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.— TACITUS — Annales. IV. 62.