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Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
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The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,
And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.
Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned read more
Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round, walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.
If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
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.]
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
