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Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
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Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes ; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about :...
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Born:
1660
Died:
April 24, 1731
(aged 71)
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