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Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear
Nothing is so rash as fear; and the counsels of pusillanimity very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate, the evils from which they would fly
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety
Nothing is so much to be feared as fear
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing
Fear loves the idea of danger
To fear the worst oft cures the worse
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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