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

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

—Albert Camus, c. 1940

War is fear cloaked in courage. 

—William Westmoreland, 1966

Dread attends the unknown.

—Nadine Gordimer, 1998

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

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050

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

—Winnie Mandela, 1985

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

—Oscar Wilde, 1891

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776

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

—Robert Benchley, 1935

An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid. 

—Jean Anouilh, 1944

Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.

—Pliny the Younger, c. 108

People living deeply have no fear of death.

—Anaïs Nin, 1935

I wants to make your flesh creep.

—Charles Dickens, 1837

Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44