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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Happy Life, Men

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

Michel de Montaigne
Attitude, Fear, Rich Or Poor
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Self, Behavior
Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.608, Stanford University Press

Water, earth, air, fire, and the other parts of this structure of mine are no more instruments of your life than instruments of your death. Why do you fear your last day? It contributes no more to your death than each of the others. The last step does not cause the fatigue, but reveals it. All days travel toward death, the last one reaches it.

Michel de Montaigne
Death, Fear, Fire

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Passion, World
Michel de Montaigne (1853). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c”, p.24

Fear sometimes adds wings to the heels, and sometimes nails them to the ground, and fetters them from moving.

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Moving, Wings
Michel de Montaigne (1856). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy”, p.50

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear.

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, World
Michel de Montaigne (2013). “Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays”, p.20, Courier Corporation

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Passion, Worry
Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.208, Stanford University Press

Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.

Michel de Montaigne
Fear, Suffering
Michel de Montaigne (1902). “Essayes”

The thing I fear most is fear.

Michel de Montaigne
Inspirational, Fear, Political
Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.53, Stanford University Press

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