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No one loves the man whom he fears.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

An aching tooth is better out than in, To lose a rotten member is a gain.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border.

Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes; And they'll opine they feel the pain And blows they felt, to-day, again.

His fear was greater than his haste: For fear, though fleeter than the wind, Believes 'tis always left behind.

In extreme danger fear feels no pity.

Fear has many eyes.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.

His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe As left him not, till penitence had won Lost favor back again, and clos'd the breach.

The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright. But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind, And horrow heavy sat on every mind.

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.