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An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid. 

—Jean Anouilh, 1944

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776

Fear has a smell, as love does.

—Margaret Atwood, 1972

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

—Richard Nixon, 1975

Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050

Who lives in fear will never be a free man.

—Horace, 19 BC

Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.

—Pliny the Younger, c. 108

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

—Albert Camus, c. 1940

War is fear cloaked in courage. 

—William Westmoreland, 1966

The man in constant fear is every day condemned.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

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

—Winnie Mandela, 1985

I wants to make your flesh creep.

—Charles Dickens, 1837