Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its …

Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading. ✨ Lucy Maud Montgomery (2013). Delphi Complete Works of L. M. Montgomery (Illustrated), p.3536, Delphi Classics
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