Fear Quotes

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

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"Fear reveals what courage is meant to conquer."
Ugo Foscolo
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"Fear dissolves before the steady gaze of the courageous heart."
Ugo Foscolo
"Fear is the prison of the soul; courage is the key."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"The fear we harbor often grows larger than the thing we fear."
Francesco Petrarca
"Fear is the illusion that control is possible."
Francesco Petrarca
"The fear of failure often ensures the failure we fear."
Torquato Tasso
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"Fear is the prison of the mind."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Fear is the prison we build for ourselves, though the key is always in our hands."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Fear shows us the boundaries of our current understanding; it is not a wall but a frontier."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Fear is the mind-killer."
Alexandre Herculano
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"What a wretched and despicable thing is fear."
Petrarch
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"O medo é o inimigo maior da liberdade."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O medo paralisado é a morte em vida."
Ramalho Ortigão
"Fear is the imagination turned against itself; mastery comes through redirecting it."
Francesco Petrarca
"Fear whispers lies to the unguarded mind; wisdom listens and discerns."
Torquato Tasso
"Fear is the prison we construct for ourselves."
Torquato Tasso
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"O medo é o inimigo da razão."
Almeida Garrett
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"O medo é apenas uma ilusão mental."
Almeida Garrett
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"The man who fears nothing is more dangerous than the man who fears everything."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Fear is the locksmith that keeps us imprisoned in our own minds."
Alexandre Herculano
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"To fear is human; to overcome fear is to become divine."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"Fear is the greatest storyteller of lies."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Fear whispers lies; courage whispers truths."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Fear is the origin of all superstition."
Petrarch
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"Fear is the primary tool of oppression; knowledge is the first weapon of the free."
Ramalho Ortigão
"Fear is merely the absence of faith in oneself and in providence."
Torquato Tasso
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"Fear is the jailer that keeps us confined within our own limitations."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O medo é apenas um pensamento que podemos controlar."
Almeida Garrett
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"O medo é o inimigo da liberdade verdadeira."
Almeida Garrett
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"Fear reveals our humanity; courage demonstrates our choice to transcend it."
Alexandre Herculano