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Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.
He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could read more
He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could not think of it. He began to get frightened, and that is bad for thinking.
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.
Fear is the passion of slaves.
Fear is the passion of slaves.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
 We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions 
in their danger.  
 We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions 
in their danger. 
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
 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. 
 Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to 
negotiate.  
 Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to 
negotiate.