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Only the contemptible fear contempt.

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Fear,

Author:

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt is already accomplished.

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Category: Fear

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
  • 2. Some say that the age of chivalry is past that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.
  • 3. Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

2 Amazing

  • 1. No matter how loud the stadium is once you're on that field and that offense walks up to the line it's silent. You can only hear the guys on the field. It's amazing how much concentration you can have when it's required and how powerful your mind is to give it to you.
  • 2. I'm so excited for my first fragrance! I chose to partner with Dots because I love what they do for their customers bringing them the hottest trends in fashion accessories and fragrance at unbelievably low prices. It's amazing!
  • 3. I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone.

3 Anger

  • 1. Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.
  • 2. Hurt leads to bitterness bitterness to anger travel too far that road and the way is lost.
  • 3. Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. On this important anniversary we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.
  • 2. I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
  • 3. 1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness patriotism and heroism by our troops our National Guard and Reserves.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup but the tea.
  • 2. Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
  • 3. At this present time matter is still the best way to think of architecture but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world.
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