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    The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
    For that were stupid and irrational;
    But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,
    And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

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Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
[Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
[Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]

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Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
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Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round, walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Fear Quotes,
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Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to
negotiate.

Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to
negotiate.

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His fear was greater than his haste:
For fear, though fleeter than the wind,
Believes 'tis always read more

His fear was greater than his haste:
For fear, though fleeter than the wind,
Believes 'tis always left behind.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Fear Quotes,
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His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe
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His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe
As left him not, till penitence had won
Lost favor back again, and clos'd the breach.

by William Cowper Found in: Fear Quotes,
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Fear Quotes,
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An aching tooth is better out than in,
To lose a rotten member is a gain.

An aching tooth is better out than in,
To lose a rotten member is a gain.

by Richard Baxter Found in: Fear Quotes,
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

by Lance Armstrong Found in: Fear Quotes,
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