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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies resources, and minimized their own. – Titus Livius

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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. – Titus Livius

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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. – Titus Livius

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. – Bertrand Russell

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A line from one of my 1997 columns – Do one thing every day that scares you – is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I dont believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing. – Mary Schmich

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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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A mans primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection. – Warren Farrell

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When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke

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