Francis Quarles Quotes

I pretend something scary is in front of me.

There is, to be sure, sometimes only a small difference between being alert to possible danger and allowing oneself to become terrified to the point of paralysis by seeming or imagined portents.

The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

Fear loves the idea of danger.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

There's so much to be afraid of.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

The horror of it is, every goddamn thing you look at seems pretty scary to me.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Fear does not have to be real to be powerful.

I'm always looking over my shoulder.

I never think I'm safe. I always live in fear I will lose.

A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

To the man who is afraid everything rustles.

Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.

The most dangerous kind of person... is one who is afraid of his own shadow.

There is a huge difference between danger and fear.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.