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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often de

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. – Thomas Hobbes

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It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. – Epicurus

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True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. – Paul Sweeney

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