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Quote by Virgil Thomson
Try a thing you havent done three times. Once, to get over the fea

Try a thing you havent done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. – Virgil Thomson

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I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good. – Virgil Thomson

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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the hearts controls. – Aeschylus

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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. – German Proverb

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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm. – Sophocles

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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame. – Tertullian

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