Fear has a smell, as love does.
—Margaret Atwood, 1972
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War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.
—Winnie Mandela, 1985Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975Who lives in fear will never be a free man.
—Horace, 19 BCI wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944