a bully is always a coward
- a bully is always a coward
1817 M. EDGEWORTH Ormond in Harrington & Ormond III. xxiv. Mrs. M’Crule, who like all other bullies was a coward, lowered her voice.
1826 LAMB Elia in New Monthly Magazine XVI. 25 A Bully is always a coward... Confront one of the silent heroes with the swaggerer of real life, and his confidence in the theory quickly vanishes.
1853 T. C. HALIBURTON Wise Saws iv. I never saw a man furnished with so much pleasure in my life. A brave man is sometimes a desperado. A bully is always a coward.
1981 Times 9 May 2 The old adage holds good: all bullies are cowards, and most cowards are bullies.
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