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Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

—Albert Camus, c. 1940

The man in constant fear is every day condemned.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

Dread attends the unknown.

—Nadine Gordimer, 1998

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050

Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.

—Pliny the Younger, c. 108

War is fear cloaked in courage. 

—William Westmoreland, 1966

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

—Robert Benchley, 1935

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776

Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44

Fear has a smell, as love does.

—Margaret Atwood, 1972

I wants to make your flesh creep.

—Charles Dickens, 1837

People living deeply have no fear of death.

—Anaïs Nin, 1935

Who lives in fear will never be a free man.

—Horace, 19 BC