John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
236 Sir Walter Raleigh 1554?-1618 John Bartlett
| 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.—Raleigh’s Remains, p. 258, ed. 1661. |