Fear Quote by Anonymous

Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

— Michael Scott (The Office

Is it better to be loved or feared?

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“This raises the question whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary. My reply is that I would like to…

— Machiavelli(1532

The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved.

— Lewis Carroll

It is better to be loved than feared.

— Anonymous

It is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved? It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.

— Saint Francis de Sales

To be feared is much safer then to be loved.

— Niccolo Machiavelli