Quote#Death
He is as cowardly
Quote byPhineas Fletcher · 1582–1650
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Purple Island (1633), Canto 10, st. 8.
English (original)
He is as cowardly Who longer fears to live, as he who fears to die.
— Phineas Fletcher
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