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Fear Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
- We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.
- The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.
- For all parts of the body that we see fit to expose to the wind and air are found fit to endure it: face, feet,…
- Nature has, herself, I fear, imprinted in man a kind of instinct to inhumanity.
- The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding…
- A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
- There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
- The thing I fear most is fear.
- Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and…
- I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.
- Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have done. I neither complain of the past, nor do…
- If I had to live my life over again I would live it as I have lived it; I neither regret the past nor fear…
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