"Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence."

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"Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence."

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"Then the dwarves forgot their joy and their confident boasts of a moment before and cowered down in fright. Smaug was still to be reckoned with. It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Fear, Caution, Fight, Survival

"I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Fear, Death, Reality, Courage

"Fear is a disease of mind we inherit from society."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Fear, Mind, Society, Doubt

"Fear deprives us the fullness of existence."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Fear, Deprives, Existence, Loss

"Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Fear, Mystery, Danger

"A monster's worst fear is of being found."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Fear, Regret, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Fear, Survival, Warning, Life

"Until you break through the walls of fear, you will not be able to reach the door of opportunity."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Fear, Opportunity, Growth, Change

"How could I have been so ignorant? she thinks. So stupid, so unseeing, so given over to carelessness. But without such ignorance, such carelessness, how could we live? If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next-if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions-you'd be doomed. You'd be as ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Fear, Ignorance, Consequences, Love

"So many horrid Ghosts."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Fear, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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"Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence."

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"And it will often happen that a man with wealth in the form of coined money will not have enough to eat, and what a ridiculous kind of wealth is that which even in abundance will not save you from dying with hunger!"

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"Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit."

Virtue

"A friend to all is a friend to none."

Friendship

"The truth is that, just as in the other imitative arts one imitation is always of one thing, so in poetry the story, as an imitation of action, must represent one action, a complete whole, with its several incidents so closely connected that the transposal or withdrawal of any one of them will disjoin and dislocate the whole. For that which makes no perceptible difference by its presence or absence is no real part of the whole."

Literature

"The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching."

Education

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."

Success

"With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible."

Fiction

"The soul never thinks without a picture."

Wisdom

"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds."

Friendship