Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
—Robert Benchley, 1935
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War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.
—Winnie Mandela, 1985Dread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944I wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975