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Quote by Vita Sackville-West
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. – Vita Sackville-West

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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. – Jean de la Bruyere

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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. – Margaret Mead

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Id gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear. – Florence Welch

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It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. – John Boyd Orr

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We spend a great deal of time telling God what we think should be done, and not enough time waiting in the stillness for God to tell us what to do. – Peace Pilgrim

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