Quote of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux - Often the fear of one evil...
Biography - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux:
French poet and critic.
Born: 1636 - Died: 1711
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1636 - Died: 1711
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: evil
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Quotes about fear:
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
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