Quote by Titus Livius
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pess

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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. – 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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The strongest passion is fear. – Jean de La Fontaine

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People are only mean when theyre threatened, and thats what our culture does. Thats what our economy does. – Mitch Albom

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It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but its about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway. – Gillian Anderson

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Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them… and they flew. – Guillaume Apollinaire

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Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing. To morals belong the lower and less intellectual spheres. – Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891

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