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Fyodor Dostoyevsky on Fear

1821–1881 Russia

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

All is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.

Crime and Punishment (1866)

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