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That which is least known,is the most feared

KIRTAN

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I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them.

Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

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Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

David Ben-Gurion

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That ready wit, which you so partially allow me, ... may create many admirers; but, take my word for it, it makes few friends. It shines and dazzles like the noonday sun, but, like that, too, it is very apt to scorch, and therefore is always feared. The milder morning and evening light and heat of that planet soothe and calm our minds. Never seek for wit; if it present itself, well and good; but even then, let your judgement interpose, and take care that it be not at the expense of anybody.

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, 1749

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Did blind chance know that there was light and what was its refraction, and fit the eyes of all creatures after the most curious manner to make use of it? These and other suchlike considerations, always have, and always will prevail with mankind, to believe that there is a Being who made all things, who has all things in his power, and who is therefore to be feared.

Isaac Newton

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To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

Seneca

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Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

Marie Curie

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Marie Curie

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To be feared is much safer then to be loved.

Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

Marie Curie

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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted

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To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared; all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

Seneca

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Courage is a special kind of knowledge the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.

David Ben-Gurion

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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Napoleon

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An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast - a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Buddha

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Buddha

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We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we ... remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular.

Edward R. Murrow

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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Nothing is to be feared but fear.

Francis Bacon

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Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Marie Curie

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Harper Lee

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