"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance…" — Christian Nestell Bovee

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. - Christian Nestell Bovee

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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180 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

Christian Nestell Bovee has 180 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the…
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in…
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other…
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the… — 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… — 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… — Johann Arndt
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that… — 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

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