The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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Who lives in fear will never be a free man.
—Horace, 19 BCAn ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
—Robert Benchley, 1935Dread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975I wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.
—Winnie Mandela, 1985