“As dreadful as the Manichean god,
Adored through fear, strong only to destroy.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 444.
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William Cowper174
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Benjamin Rush (1745–1813) American physician, educator, author
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“Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”
Ali (601–661) cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol. 72, p. 39
John Ogilby (1600–1676) Scottish academic
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks
Richard Alleine (1611–1681) English clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 277.
“The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 511
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
