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Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Who sows fear, reaps weapons. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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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The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear – and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march. – George W. Bush

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I dont want to wake up and be bored. Thats probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that Ive been on for a long time and had success with? I dont plan on giving it up any time soon. – Tom Brady

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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. – Jean de la Bruyere

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