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Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.
Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
[Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
[Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be read more
Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of read more
Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of losing you.
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.
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.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.