If evils come not,
Then our fears are vain;
And if they do,
Fear but augments the pain.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Anxiety Fear

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1741 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanack. 1741.

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John Cleland

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Author

John Cleland
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1748 1740s 18th century
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Original Citation

Cleland, John. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Fenton Griffiths/G. Fenton, 1748 and 1749.

Current Citation

Cleland, John. Fanny Hill or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Modern Library, 2001.

Another quote about Fear

Our doubts are traitors
And makes us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

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William Shakespeare
Source
Measure for Measure
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1623 1620s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 4.

Current Citation

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Another quote from Colonial America

We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

John Winthrop

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America as example America

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John Winthrop
Source
A Model of Christian Charity
Medium
Sermon
Language
English
Time
1630 1630s 17th century
Era
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Winthrop, John. "A Model of Christian Charity" 8 April 1630. On board Arbella. Sermon.

Another quote of the following type Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

And while I at length debate and beate the bush,
There shall steppe in other men and catche the burdes.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Opportune time Shoot your shot

Author

John Heywood
Source
Proverbs (Heywood)
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1546 1540s 16th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. 1546, pt. 1, ch. 3.