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The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip
To laud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel read more
The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip
To laud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel your honor grip,
Let that aye be your border.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
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.
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.]
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.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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.
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.
Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.
Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.