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The man in constant fear is every day condemned.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

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

I wants to make your flesh creep.

—Charles Dickens, 1837

Fear has a smell, as love does.

—Margaret Atwood, 1972

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

—Winnie Mandela, 1985

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

—Oscar Wilde, 1891

People living deeply have no fear of death.

—Anaïs Nin, 1935

War is fear cloaked in courage. 

—William Westmoreland, 1966

Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44

Dread attends the unknown.

—Nadine Gordimer, 1998

People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.

—Richard Nixon, 1975

Fear is the foundation of most governments. 

—John Adams, 1776