“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom ”
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“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom ”
“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest”
“Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear”
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less”
“The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century”
“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves”
“The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action”
“The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their lives, which infallibly destroy them”
“If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.”
“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity”
“Fear not death, for the sooner we die the longer we shall be immortal”
“Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.”
“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members”
“Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face”
“For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, and hope and fear, believe the aged friend, is just a chance o' the prize of learning love”
“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.”
“We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death”
“I am not the least afraid to die”
“My "fear" is my substance, and probably the best part of me”
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom”