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The man in constant fear is every day condemned.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

Who lives in fear will never be a free man.

—Horace, 19 BC

An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid. 

—Jean Anouilh, 1944

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

—Robert Benchley, 1935

Dread attends the unknown.

—Nadine Gordimer, 1998

War is fear cloaked in courage. 

—William Westmoreland, 1966

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

—Albert Camus, c. 1940

Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.

—Pliny the Younger, c. 108

Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44

People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.

—Richard Nixon, 1975

I wants to make your flesh creep.

—Charles Dickens, 1837

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776

I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.

—Winnie Mandela, 1985