Fear Quotes

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

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"Fear is the prison of the soul; courage is its liberation."
Dante Alighieri
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"Fear whispers; courage shouts."
Dante Alighieri
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"Cowards die in their imagination many times."
John Milton
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"Fear is the parent of cruelty."
Ovid
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"Fear is the parent of cruelty."
Virgil
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"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
Dante Alighieri
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"Fear is the mind's darkness made manifest."
Dante Alighieri
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"Fear often guards the threshold of our greatest potential."
Dante Alighieri
"Fear is but a shadow; step forward and it retreats."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"Fear dissolves in the presence of understanding and knowledge."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"The fear of death is greater than death itself."
Ovid
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"Fear is the shadow of the unknown."
Ovid
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"To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub."
William Shakespeare
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"The fearless heart conquers impossible mountains."
John Milton
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"What is there more terrible than a track of snow in the forest or a cry heard by night?"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Those who fear death have already lost their freedom."
Virgil
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"Fear is the mind-killer."
Homer
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"Fear is the enemy of progress."
Homer
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"One ought to be afraid of nothing other than things possessed of power to do us harm"
Dante Alighieri
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"Fear is the mind-killer."
Pickering Edward
"Fear of death is worse than death itself."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"Fear is the thief of great deeds."
Ovid
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"Fear grows in darkness; shine light upon it."
Ovid
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"Fear is the thief of dreams."
Virgil
"Fear is but a phantom of the mind."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"Fear is the greatest enemy, for it enslaves the mind before chains bind the body."
Homer
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"Fear whispers lies that courage shouts down."
Homer
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"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
Dante Alighieri
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"All hope abandon, ye who here enter."
Dante Alighieri
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"Fear is the mind's way of keeping us small and safe."
Pickering Edward