Feared Quotes

440 quotes by 358 authors

Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely… — Leo Tolstoy
The Prophets accept all agony and trust it For the water has never feared the fire. — Unknown Author
And she was good to me: strong, fun, and fiercely loyal. And if I didn't have many other friends because of her-most girls were intimidated… — Sarah Dessen
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift… — Dorothy Parker
It was like something you have dreaded and feared and dodged for years until it seemed like all your life, then despite everything it happened… — William Faulkner
He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women… — Julian Barnes
ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness… — Edmond Rostand
I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night. I wanted to hear his voice again, yet… — Charlotte Bronte
My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Unlike Elise, who could discover parts of a person they didn't even know were absent, you specialized in tangible, but that, I feared, was only… — Jodi Picoult
Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our… — Terence McKenna
Now they came back to him, on this night he was seventeen years old. All the years and places of his brief broken life came… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Great minds are always feared by lesser minds. — Dan Brown
You know, the Philistines have long since discarded the rack and stake as a means of suppressing the opinions they feared: they've discovered a much… — W. Somerset Maugham
Death is to be feared because of the pain and loss it inflicts through love, and for no other reason. — K.J. Parker
He was no more, freed from being, entering into nowhere without even knowing it. Just as he'd feared from the start. — Philip Roth
...I would think how words go straight up in a thin line, quick and harmless, and how terribly doing goes along the earth, clinging to… — William Faulkner
Is it better to be loved or feared? — Niccolo Machiavelli
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process… — Edward R. Murrow
From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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