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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned read more
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.
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.
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of
God.
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of
God.
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the
means he uses to frighten you.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the
means he uses to frighten you.
The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light,
And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.
But fear, read more
The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light,
And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.
But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,
And horrow heavy sat on every mind.
