Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare

I am the Online Community Manager at PLoS-ONE (Public Library of Science). My job is to try to motivate you to comment on the papers there. My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
Buy the 2007 Science Blogging Anthology:
Buy the 2006 Science Blogging Anthology:
Stay abreast of your favorite bloggers' latest and greatest via e-mail, via a daily digest.
Read the archives of my old blogs:
Add Scienceblogs to your Technorati Favorites!
Dictionary of Circadian Physiology
Basic Terms and Concepts in Math and Science
« My Picks From ScienceDaily | Main | Clocks in Bacteria II: Adaptive Function of Clocks in Cyanobacteria »
Category: Clock Quotes
Posted on: May 17, 2008 3:51 AM, by Coturnix
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare

YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $14.95. That's 50% off the cover price! If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
(Non-U.S. subscribers, click here.)
Comments
This is part of one of the many set pieces from Shakespeare we were required to learn by heart at high school in the 1960s in New Zealand...didnt find that difficult, and recovered from schooling to love Wm. S again but-
this itched when I first learned it. 'Cowards die many times before their deaths' *because* cowards have empathy, sympathy, and imagination? "The valiant only
(a variant reading)
'taste of death but once" - because they are testosterone-driven sword-whacking fools?
Hmm.
Shakespeare's irony is known-
Posted by: Keri Hulme | May 17, 2008 7:48 AM
This is part of one of the many set pieces from Shakespeare we were required to learn by heart at high school in the 1960s in New Zealand...didnt find that difficult, and recovered from schooling to love Wm. S again but-
this itched when I first learned it. 'Cowards die many times before their deaths' *because* cowards have empathy, sympathy, and imagination? "The valiant only
(a variant reading)
'taste of death but once" - because they are testosterone-driven sword-whacking fools?
Hmm.
Shakespeare's irony is known-
Posted by: Keri Hulme | May 17, 2008 7:50 AM
O woe! New iMac meese double-click so easily: my apologies for a double posting-
Posted by: Keri Hulme | May 17, 2008 8:25 AM
my apologies for a double posting.Realy Cool.I LOve Shakespeare :D
Webmaster Resource
http://www.ultrabilisim.com
Posted by: WeBMSTR | May 17, 2008 8:46 AM
"A thousand deaths is not cowardice, it is only repetition."
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | May 17, 2008 10:46 PM