It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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To be feared is much safer then to be loved.
Niccolo Machiavelli
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
David Ben gurion
It is better to be loved than feared.
African Proverb
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Adam M. Smith
A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was wiser than the other.
Stephen Crane
It's been a conservative court. But it certainly hasn't been the conservative court that liberals feared - or conservatives wanted.
Paul Finkelman
Sometimes we could not bear the face of each other's differences because of what we feared it might say about ourselves.
Audre Lorde
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
Owen D. Young
An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all.
Jimmy Johnson
Fortunately, we have not had the kind of negative impact many feared.
Jack Norman
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Marie Curie
We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
C. Ray Nagin
A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.
Stephan Crane
Chrysler was as weak as feared.
Patrice Solaro
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
David Ben gurion
Here lies he who neither feared nor flattered any flesh.
James Douglas
We literally feared she wouldn't be alive the next day.
Julie Hansen
There is very little disease here. We have not been seeing the diseases that many people around the country feared.
Curtis Allen
Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.
Marie Curie
The cost situation and trends in Europe are looking less bad than some had feared.
John Faucher
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Harper Lee
That's a smaller share than many had feared.
Tricia Neuman
We feared he would fail to fulfill the December 1999 concert if we did not enter a contract for December 2000.
Gary Loveman
When we first got to him, with his color, we feared he might not make it.
Jodi Fincher
I feared for my safety as well as the safety of my wife and children.
Cesar Rodriguez
Obviously it was something that caused them concern and a bit of distress, and obviously they feared for their safety at that point and felt that it was best to get away.
Andrew Kerr
We previously feared growth could dip below 2 percent.
Paul Ashworth
It's not as bad as we feared. Not every single data packet has to be retained — yet.
Clive Feather
About 30 people were able to swim across to the river bank but at least 40 to 45 people are feared drowned.
Anil Kumar
I hope he survives. We really feared for his life.
Ross Greenburg
Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
Christina Of Sweden
Thirty-eight people were booked on the bus initially and more boarded later. Up to 45 people are feared dead.
Vijay Bakaya
We found that our wilderness and bordering areas in Summit County are not as bad as we had feared.
Currie Craven
They feared that the same fate awaited them.
Dirk Ryneveld
I feared the St. Catherine would capsize if I turned sideways into the wind to make a turn to go back.
Salah Jomaa
The president feared something like this would be attempted around this time.
Dino Djalal
Ms. Cherry was known for running a very stern ship. They probably feared for their own if they disobeyed her.
Wilfredo Ortiz
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