It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.

He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could read more

He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get frightened, and that is bad for thinking.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men read more

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.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

An aching tooth is better out than in,
To lose a rotten member is a gain.

An aching tooth is better out than in,
To lose a rotten member is a gain.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light,
And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.
But fear, read more

The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light,
And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.
But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,
And horrow heavy sat on every mind.