“Cowards die many times before their deaths.”

FAMOUS QUOTE ABOUT COWARDS: “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.”         William Shakespeare (1564-1616)        Said by Caesar in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2

SOLDIER’S COUNTERQUOTE: CAJE: “The coward dies a thousand times, the brave only once.” KIRBY: “That’s about all it takes, ain’t it?”         Actors Pierre Jalbert and Jack Hogan, as Caje Lemay and Bill Kirby         In the “Silent Cry” episode of Combat, first aired Feb. 18, 1964

POLITICIAN'S COUNTERQUOTE: “Politics are almost as interesting as war and quite as dangerous.  In war you can only be killed once, but in politics – many times.”         Winston Churchill (1874-1965)         British politician and statesman         Quoted in the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations

POET’S COUNTERQUOTE: “Cowards die many times before their death – artists die many times before they live.”         Harindranath Chattopadhyay (1898-1990)         Indian poet and actor         Reflections: Poems (1988)

SCRIVENER’S COUNTERQUOTE: “The valiant never taste of death but once, but they taste it a hell of a lot sooner than the coward.”        Posted by “Scrivener”          On The UnderEmpire gaming message board, Jan. 17, 2008

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