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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
Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions
Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain
If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand
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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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