William Shakespeare quote about weakness from Henry VI, Part 3 - So cowards fight when they can fly no further; so doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; so desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.
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“ So cowards fight when they can fly no further; so doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; so desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers. ”
 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3 (1595). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source Henry VI, Part 3
Topic weakness bravery defeat
Date 1595
Language English
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Note Written around 1591
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1102/1102.txt

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William Shakespeare quote about weakness from Henry VI, Part 3 - So cowards fight when they can fly no further; so doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; so desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.
William Shakespeare quote about weakness from Henry VI, Part 3 - So cowards fight when they can fly no further; so doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; so desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.