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Aristotle:Men are swayed more by fear than by


Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
by Aristotle


D.H. Lawrence:Men! The only animal in the world


Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
by D.H. Lawrence


William Shakespeare:True nobility is exempt from


True nobility is exempt from fear.
by William Shakespeare


Franklin Roosevelt:Let me assert my firm belief


Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
by Franklin Roosevelt


Quintus Ennius:Whom men fear they hate, and whom


Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead.
by Quintus Ennius


Titus Livius:We fear things in proportion to our


We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
by Titus Livius


William Shakespeare:Things done well and with a


Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
by William Shakespeare


Marshal Foch:None but a coward dares to boast


None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
by Marshal Foch


Quarles:Let the fear of a danger be a spur to


Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
by Quarles


A.J.P. Taylor:The greatest problem about old age


The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
by A.J.P. Taylor


Wendell L. Wilkie:Today it is not big business


Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
by Wendell L. Wilkie


Marianne Williamson:Love is what we were born


Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
by Marianne Williamson


Epicurus:It is better for you to be free of fear


It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet,than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
by Epicurus


William Faulkner:Our tragedy is a general and


Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it...the basest of all things is to be afraid.
by William Faulkner


Thomas Jefferson:Question with boldness even the


Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
by Thomas Jefferson


Samuel Johnson:I deny the lawfulness of telling


I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.
by Samuel Johnson


Isa Upanishad:Who sees all beings in his own


Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear.
by Isa Upanishad


Christian Nestell Bovee:Good men have the fewest


Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
by Christian Nestell Bovee


Deuteronomy:Be strong and of a good courage,


Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid...for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
by Deuteronomy


Robert Herrick:This man is freed from servile


This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.
by Robert Herrick


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