Skip to content

Fear Quote by William Godwin

“When the calamity we feared is already arrived, or when…” quote by William Godwin
Download Open image
“When the calamity we feared is already arrived, or when the expectation of it is so certain as to shut out hope, there seems to be a principle within us by which we look with misanthropic composure on the state to which we are reduced, and the heart sullenly contracts and accommodates itself to what it most abhorred.”

William Godwin

2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings)

More by William Godwin

Explore all 193 William Godwin quotes

More Fear quotes

Browse all 34,638 Fear quotes