Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
—Solomon ibn Gabirol, 1050Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44I wants to make your flesh creep.
—Charles Dickens, 1837Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
—Robert Benchley, 1935People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891War is fear cloaked in courage.
—William Westmoreland, 1966The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCWho lives in fear will never be a free man.
—Horace, 19 BCDread attends the unknown.
—Nadine Gordimer, 1998I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.
—Winnie Mandela, 1985Fear has a smell, as love does.
—Margaret Atwood, 1972People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940Fear is the foundation of most governments.
—John Adams, 1776Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108An ugly sight, a man who’s afraid.
—Jean Anouilh, 1944