A coward, a most devout coward, religious in it. – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4. Fabian criticizes Antonio for his treatment of Cesario (Viola), whom Antonio mistook for an ungrateful Sebastian.
So, Lord Hall said nothing as the Govt banned ministers from @BBCNewsnight for months, but humiliates @maitlis for speaking the truth about lying Cummings? This is why I’d never work for the BBC – great journalists, cowardly weasel management. – Piers Morgan On BBC replacing Emily Maitlis as Newsnight presenter after she spoke out about UK government advisor Dominic Cummings flaunting lockdown rules.
In Coward He’s a most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise-breaker, the owner of no one good quality. – William Shakespeare All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 6.
The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward. – Jose Bergamin
It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so. – Junius
It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing. – Kenneth Williams