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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it
No one loves the man whom he fears
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil
It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears
The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not everyday surmount a fear
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