Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or

Summary

This quote suggests that being brave is not only about showcasing fearlessness, but also about accepting and owning up to moments of cowardice. It implies that true bravery lies in the willingness to admit to one's fears and vulnerabilities when necessary, rather than pretending to be completely fearless. It highlights the idea that bravery involves authenticity and self-awareness, rather than a mere facade of courage.

Topics

Cowardice/weakness

By Edgar Allan Poe

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.

Suzanne Collins

Freedom World Story You Explore

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Henry David Thoreau

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Sir Winston Churchill

Greatness & Great Things

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.

Nature

This is a typical journalistic statement: It is correct, but

This is a typical journalistic statement: It is correct, but it is not the truth.

Truth

Boys are just boys after all, but sometimes girls really see

Boys are just boys after all, but sometimes girls really seem to be the turn of a pale wrist, or the sudden jut of a hip, or a clutch of very dark hair falling across a freckled forehead. I'm not saying that's what they really are. I'm just saying sometimes it seems that way, and that those details (a thigh mole, a full face flush, a scar the precise shape and size of a cashew nut) are so many hooks waiting to land you.

Beauty Women

Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpr

Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.

Funny

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for havin

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

Anatole Broyard

Peace

How can smart women be so stupid about men sometimes? Lack o

How can smart women be so stupid about men sometimes? Lack of knowledge. It's what men have kept secret for so long.

Knowledge

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation o

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

George Bernard Shaw

Life

In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carr

In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.

James H. Breasted

Knowledge

I am my brother's keeper, and he's sleeping pretty rough the

I am my brother's keeper, and he's sleeping pretty rough these days.

Archbishop Derek Worlock

Poverty