“Do not doubt him who tells you he is afraid, but be afraid of him who tells you he has no doubts.”

—  Erich Fried

Original German text: "Zweifle nicht an dem der dir sagt er hat Angst, aber hab Angst vor dem der dir sagt, er kennt keinen Zweifel."
from "100 Gedichte ohne Vaterland", pub. 1978.

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