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Fear Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Hope and fear are inseparable.
- Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all…
- Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage…
- Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.
- To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.
- Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at…
- Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained…
- Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those…
- Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
- We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
- Only the contemptible fear contempt.
- Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it…
- For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.
More Fear Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad