"The thing I fear most is fear." — Michel de Montaigne

"The thing I fear most is fear."

— Michel de Montaigne

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649 Quotes by Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne has 649 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against…
Whatever are the benefits of fortune, they yet require a palate fit to relish and taste them.
We seem ambitious God's whole work to undo. ...With new diseases on ourselves we war, And with new physic, a…
Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.
There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal…
Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care…
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many…
It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole,…
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.
Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.

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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to… — 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… — 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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