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- Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Macbeth", Act 1 scene 5
- Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Julius Caesar", Act 2 scene 2
- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
- Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986), Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, "Dune"
- No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful", 1756
- Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
- Let them hate so long as they fear.
(Oderint Dum Metuant) - Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC), Fragment
- The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
- Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.
- Phaedrus (15 BC - 50 AD)
- He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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