Nothing is terrible except fear itself. ✨ De Dignitate et Augmentis Sc…

Francis Bacon
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Nothing is terrible except fear itself. ✨ De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum bk. 2 (1623) See Montaigne 4; Franklin Roosevelt 6; Thoreau 16; Wellington 3
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Nothing is terrible except fear itself. ✨ De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum bk. 2 (1623) See Montaigne 4; Franklin Roosevelt 6; Thoreau 16; Wellington 3

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