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Quote by Samuel Butler
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. – Samuel Butler

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A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler

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Understanding
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Samuel Butler
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

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Argument & Debate
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Samuel Butler
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True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. – Paul Sweeney

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What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Fear

It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood. – Terry Gross

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Fear

It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed. – T. E. Lawrence

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