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Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.
Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.
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.
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne read more
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent
Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrosum.]
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I read more
I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.