Quote Genre: Fear

George Bernard Shaw – ‘Power does not corrupt men. …

‘Power does not corrupt men. Fools however if they get into a position of power corrupt power.’

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Merle Shan – ‘Loving can cost a lot but no…

‘Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.’

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Paul Seeney – ‘True success is overcoming t…

‘True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.’

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus – ‘Fear is not in the habit of …

‘Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does … Continue reading →

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Robert Smith Surtees – ‘Better be killed than fright…

‘Better be killed than frightened to death.’

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James Branch Cabell – ‘The optimist proclaims that …

‘The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.’

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John Ernst Steinbeck – ‘Power does not corrupt. Fear…

‘Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts … perhaps the fear of a loss of power.’

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Edmund Burke – ‘No passion so effectually ro…

‘No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.’

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Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis – ‘Fear of serious injury alone…

‘Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.’

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Louis E. Boone – ‘Dont fear failure so much th…

‘Dont fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have might have and should have.’

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