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“O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.”

Way Fear Loss Sin Horror Conscience Deeper Driven Abyss

Book:The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti

Source: The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti

“When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul.”

“Desire for gain and fear of loss burn like fire.”

Desire Fear Loss Fire Gains Greed

Book:The Hero: Myth, Image, Symbol

Source: The Hero: Myth, Image, Symbol

“The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.”

Reality Fear Loss Worst Sorrow Misfortunes

Author:A. C. Benson

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”

Doe Fear Loss Power Atheism Corruption Rage Power Corrupts Power And Control Losing Power Travels With Charley Corrupt Power Power And Corruption Power Corruption

Author:John Steinbeck

“In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand.”

Force Fear Loss Dependence Ceremony Helplessness

Book:Lavinia

Source: Lavinia