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Fear Quotes by Seneca the Younger
- Ignorance is the cause of fear.
- Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
- The fear of war is worse than war itself.
- If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
- To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
- A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
- There is nothing that Nature has made necessary which is more easy than death; we are longer a-coming into the world than going out of…
- Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.
- Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.
- Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying…
- That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
- Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
- Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they…
- He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
- Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of…
- Fear drives the wretched to prayer
- He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
- Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication.... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths.... But in liberty moderation is…
- A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.
- He who fears from near at hand often fears less.
- A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor of…
- We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a…
- You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
- The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
- Where fear is, happiness is not.
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- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
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- 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