| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 236 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?1618) |
| QUOTATION: | Cowards [may] fear to die; but courage stout, Rather than live in snuff, will be put out. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On the snuff of a candle the night before he died.Raleighs Remains, p. 258, ed. 1661. |
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