Who said "We fear most deeply what we do not understand."?

This quote is attributed to Nikolai Gogol.

We fear most deeply what we do not understand. - Nikolai Gogol

"We fear most deeply what we do not understand."

Nikolai Gogol Fear

Novelist Playwright Russian 1809–1852

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