Worry is a form of fear, and all forms of fear produce fatigue. A man …

Bertrand Russell
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Worry is a form of fear, and all forms of fear produce fatigue. A man who has learned not to feel fear will find the fatigue of daily life enormously diminished. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2013). The Conquest of Happiness, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company
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