“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
Variant: Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 11, Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand.
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From the Enchiridion (1640) of Francis Quarles.
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