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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. - Edgar Allan Poe (Marginalia Quotes)

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

Source:Marginalia (Graham's Magazine, December 1846), Number 186
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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
  • Name: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Profession: Writer
  • Born: January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849
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