“Obedience mother is of good success,
Sure pledge of safety.”
Aeschylus (-525–-456 BC) ancient Athenian playwright
Source: Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), lines 224–225 (tr. Anna Swanwick)
“Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.”
Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians (11 May 1792), volume vii, p. 50
1790s
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