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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.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
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.]
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.
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.