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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.

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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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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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Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.

Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.

by Philip R. Breeze Found in: Fear Quotes,
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In extreme danger fear feels no pity.
[Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]

In extreme danger fear feels no pity.
[Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]

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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights
of another.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights
of another.

by Joanna Baillie Found in: Fear Quotes,
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Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of read more

Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of losing you.

by Rosanne Cash Found in: Fear Quotes, Loss Quotes,
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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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The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
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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.

by Joanna Baillie Found in: Fear Quotes,
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He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could read more

He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get frightened, and that is bad for thinking.

by J.r.r. Tolkien Found in: Fear Quotes,
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