Aversion Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I knew the mass of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd They would by other men be met With blank indifference.

— Matthew Arnold

Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.

— Lucan

Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness

— Anonymous

The unknown makes people uncomfortable.

— Holly Hunter

“Man cannot be homophobic without having concerned himself with another’s sex life.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.

— Herman Melville

The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.

— Thomas Jefferson

...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.

— Lucan

“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they…

— Anonymous

“We fear what we most desire.”

— Harley King

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.

— Elias Canetti

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to…

— Elias Canetti