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Letter "F" » fearful
«Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into the slit, pinpointed malignant eyes of reality as an old-hand trainer dominates his wild beasts.»
«Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Action,
Government,
Politics
| Keywords:
eloquence, fearful, irresponsible, master, servant, troublesome
«I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.»
Author: John Mortimer
| About:
Censorship,
Fear,
Law and lawyers,
Writers
| Keywords:
censorship, dread, fearful, flattered, in a way, primitive, print
«It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.»
«But I behold a fearful sign,To which the white men's eyes are blind;Their race may vanish hence, like mine,And leave no trace behind,Save ruins o'er the region spread,And the white stones above the dead.»
Author: William Cullen Bryant
(Writer)
| Keywords:
Behold the Man, fearful, Leave No Trace, region, ruins, trace, vanish
«For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.»
«For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.»
«How often have not the demons called 'Nix,' drawn women and girls into the water, and there had commerce with them, with fearful consequences»
«Death is a fearful thing»
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