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To fear suffering is to suffer
“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.” III.13 Of experience (1023)
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Courage and fear
“Fear sometimes arises from want of judgment as well as from want of courage. All the dangers I have seen, I have seen with open eyes, with my sight free, sound, and entire; besides, it takes courage to be afraid.” III.6 “Of coaches” (p. 832)
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Fear from want of judgment
“Fear sometimes arises from want of judgment as well as from want of courage.” III. 6 “Coaches” (p. 832).
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The enjoyment of life
“The enjoyment of life cannot be truly pleasant to us if we are in fear of losing it.” II.15 “That our desire is increased by difficulty” (p. 563)
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To be loved
“Even if I could make myself feared, I would much rather make myself loved.” II.8 (345)
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Boldness and fear make us quake
“The nickname of ‘the Trembler’ with which Sancho, the twelfth king of Navarre, was surnamed, teaches us that boldness as well as fear makes our limbs quake.” I.55 (p 276) “Of vain subtleties”