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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be read more
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
 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. 
 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.] 
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
 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. 
 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. 
No one loves the man whom he fears.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.