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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.
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 ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
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.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
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.
