Fear Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

10 Fear quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

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Cervantes knew how to poke fun at terror while still respecting its grip. These ten lines balance wit and seriousness, showing a timeless take on what makes us uneasy.

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The absent feel and fear every ill.

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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

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One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.

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We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain.

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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

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In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and…

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“Can there be hope where fear is? Were it well, When far more certain are the grounds of fear? Ought I to…

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Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the…

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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike…

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For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to…

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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.

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One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

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Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

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