Fear Quotes

The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.

16356 quotes

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"Fear is a phantom that dissolves in the light of action."
Livy
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"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark"
Cato the Elder
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"There is nothing to fear but fear itself, and the unknown."
Horace
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"The greatest fear is the fear of the unknown."
Pliny the Younger
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Pliny the Younger
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"Fear is the tool of the tyrant, wisdom is the tool of the sage."
Diocletian
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"Fear conquered becomes the source of greatest courage."
Constantine I
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"Fear is the enemy of progress; courage is its conqueror."
Constantine I
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"Fear is the enemy of reason."
Septimius Severus
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"Fear diminishes when confronted with knowledge and understanding."
Pliny the Elder
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"Fear is a counselor whose advice should be carefully examined."
Pliny the Elder
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"To live without fear is to live without true freedom."
Cato the Younger
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"To fear death is to have already surrendered to it."
Diocletian
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"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Hadrian
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"Fear is the most honest emotion; all others are merely its masks."
Septimius Severus
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"A leader's fear is that his weakness will be discovered."
Septimius Severus
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"The greatest enemy is not external, but the doubt that resides within."
Constantine I
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"Fear is the luxury of those who have not yet lived."
Cato the Elder
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"The man who fears nothing has already conquered everything."
Cato the Younger
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"Fear is the mind's betrayal of the body's capability."
Commodus
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"Fear is the price of daring greatly."
Commodus
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"A man who fears nothing is a man to be feared."
Cato the Elder
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"I have learned that the man who fears nothing is often the most dangerous."
Diocletian
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"I have seen how fear can be wielded as a weapon, and I chose to lay it down."
Diocletian
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"Fear is the poison that weakens the body and enslaves the mind."
Septimius Severus
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"Fear whispers in the ear of the coward; courage drowns it out."
Septimius Severus
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"The greatest fear is the fear of irrelevance in the eyes of history."
Constantine I
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"Fear of failure is often the father of success."
Constantine I
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"Fear is the tool of every tyrant; courage is the weapon of the free."
Cato the Younger
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"To overcome fear, one must first understand it."
Cato the Younger