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Fear is the white lipp'd sire Of subterfuge and treachery. - Lydia Huntley Sigourney Nothing so demoralizes the forces of the soul as fear. Only as we realize the presence of the Lord does fear give place to faith. - Sarah Frances Smiley To him who is in fear everything rustles. - Sophocles Then fear, the very worst prophet in misfortunes, anticipates many evils. [Lat., Tunc plurima versat Pessimus in dubiis augur timor.] - Statius (Publius Papanius Statius), Thebais (III, 5) Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.] - Statius (Publius Papanius Statius), Thebais (III, 661) Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl? - Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation (dialogue I) The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. - Syrus (Publilius Syrus), Maxims Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors. [Lat., Etiam fortes viros subitis terreri.] - Tacitus (Caius Cornelius Tacitus), Annales (XV, 59) Horror itself in that fair scene looks gay, And joy springs up e'en in the midst of fear. [It., Bello in si bella vista anco e l'orrore, E di mezzo la tema esce il diletto.] - Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme (XX, 20) Fear is the mother of foresight. - Sir Henry Taylor (2) Stared in her eyes and chalk'd her face. - Lord Alfred Tennyson Fear Stared in her eyes, and chalk'd her face. - Lord Alfred Tennyson, Princess (IV, l. 357) Desponding Fear, of feeble fancies full, Weak and unmanly, loosens every power. - James Thomson (1), Seasons--Spring (l. 286) I saw a delicate flower had grown up two feet high, between the horses' path and the wheel-track. An inch more to the right or left had sealed its fate, or an inch higher; and yet it lived to flourish as much as if it had a thousand acres of untrodden space around it, and never knew the danger it incurred. It did not borrow trouble, nor invite an evil fate by apprehending it. - Henry David Thoreau Nothing is so much to be feared as fear. - Henry David Thoreau We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger. - Henry David Thoreau Fear is that passion which hath the greatest power over us, and by which God and His laws take the surest hold of us. - John Tillotson Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there. - Unknown We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men. [Fr., Il faut tout attendre et tout craindre du temps et des hommes.] - Luc de Clapier de Vauvanargues, Reflexions (CII) Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind. - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil) I was astounded, my hair stood on end, and my voice stuck in my throat. [Lat., Obstupui, steteruntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit.] - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil), The Aeneid (II, 774 and III, 48) Fear in the proof of a degenerate mind. [Lat., Degeneres animos timor arguit.] - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil), The Aeneid (IV, 13) Fear gave wings to his feet. [Lat., Pedibus timor addidit alas.] - Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil), The Aeneid (VIII, 224) Deep faith eliminates fear. - Lech Walesa The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; And makes all ills that vex us here to cease. - Edmund Waller Displaying page 8 of 9 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9
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