Fear has a smell, as love does.
—Margaret Atwood, 1972
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I wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975Who lives in fear will never be a free man.
—Horace, 19 BCDread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC