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Quotations by Subject: Fear (33 quotes)

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Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 3
In the night, imagining some fear, how easy is a bush suppos'd a bear!: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, sc.1
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act I, sc.4
His flight was madness: when our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act IV, sc. 2
To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength, gives in your weakness strength unto your foe.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Richard II, Act III, sc. 2
Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act I, sc. 5
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; but riches fineless is as poor as winter to him that ever that ever fears he shall be poor.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Othello, Act III, sc. 3
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey, and let it keep one shape, till custom make it their perch and not their terror.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act II, sc. 1
Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your fatness is an affront to me, so we have the right to treat you as offensively as you appear." Fat is not merely viewed as another type of tissue, but as a diagnostic sign, a personal statement, and a measure of personality. Too little fat and we see you as being antisocial, fearful and sexless. Too much fat and we see you as slothful, stupid, and sexually hung up.: Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi, The Art & Science of Rational Eating, 1992
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When we exercise self-control on a given occasion, we win for ourselves a little credibility we can rely on the next time around. Pretty soon we develop a reputation to ourselves that we want badly to uphold. With each test that we meet, our resolve gains momentum, fueled by the fear that we may succumb and establish a damaging precedent for our own weakness.: Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011
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