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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.
 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. 
 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. 
A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.
 I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy 
den, and none returning.
 [Lat., Quia ne read more 
 I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy 
den, and none returning.
 [Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent
  Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrosum.] 
Fear is the passion of slaves.
Fear is the passion of slaves.
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
 The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
 For that were stupid and irrational;
  But read more 
 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.