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Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
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.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
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.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
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.
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.