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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
(Georges Bernanos (1888-1948), French novelist, political writer. M. Olivier, in The Diary of a Country Priest, ch. 7 (1936).)
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The thing I fear most is fear.
(Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French essayist. "Of Fear," The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 18, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580).)
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fear like a dog stuffed in my mouth,
fear like dung stuffed up my nose,
fear where water turns into steel,
fear as my breast flies into the Disposall,
fear as flies tremble in my ear,
fear as the sun ignites in my lap ...
(Anne Sexton (1928-1974), U.S. poet. "The Death King.")
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It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!
(May Sarton (b. 1912), U.S. poet, novelist. Hilary Stevens, in Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, pt. 2 (1965).)
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I would soon fear him, if he did not still fear me.
(Jean Racine (1639-1699), French playwright. Agrippina, in Britannicus, act 1, sc. 1 (1669).
Agrippina is speaking of her son, Nero.)
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There is no news in fear
but in the end it's fear
that drowns you.
(Anne Sexton (1928-1974), U.S. poet. "Imitations of Drowning.")
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Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
(John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Jan. 20, 1961. inaugural address, quoted in Kennedy, pt. 3, ch. 9, Theodore C. Sorenson (1965).)
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I fear God, dear Abner, and have no other fear.
(Jean Racine (1639-1699), French playwright. The priest Jehoiada, in Athaliah, act 1, sc. 1 (1691).)
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Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
(Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Speech, July 2, 1932.
repeated in his first inaugural address, March 4, 1933. The expression has numerous precedents, including the Duke of Wellington, Montaigne and the Bible, and was used by Sir Winston Churchill during World War II.)
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Around us fear, descending
Darkness of fear above
And in my heart how deep unending
Ache of love!
(James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish writer. On the Beach at Fontana (l. 9-12). . .
Oxford Book of Modern Verse, The, 1892-1935. William Butler Yeats, ed. (1936) Oxford University Press.)
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