The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A burnt child fears the fire, and a bitten child fears a dog. (Danish)
A dog which has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow. (Roman)
A lofty thing fears being made equal with a lower. (Roman)
A man does not enter a slaughterhouse if he fears blood. (Hausan)
A man may threaten yet be afraid. (French)
A master who fears his servants is lower than a servant. (Roman)
A sword in its scabbard still inspires dread. (Egyptian)
All fear is bondage. (English)
Before the time, great courage; when at the point, great fear. (Spanish)
Do not lose honor through fear. (Spanish)
Do well, and dread no man. (Unknown)
Don’t be a thief and you won’t fear the king. (Afghani)
Fear a silent man: he has lips like a drum. (Yoruban)
Fear an ignorant man more than a lion. (Kurdish)
Fear and love make everything bigger. (Spanish)
Fear betrays ignoble souls. (Roman)
Fear causes anger to subside. (Roman)
Fear God, beware of men. (Yiddish)
Fear guards the vineyard. (Italian)
Fear has big eyes. (Russian)
Fear increases the danger. (German)
Fear is a bad companion. (Spanish)
Fear is a fine spur; so is rage. (Irish)
Fear is a great inventor. (French)
Fear is no obstacle to death. (West African)
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. (Roman)
Fear is worse than fighting. (Irish)
Fear not the man who fears God. (Arabian)
Fear of being caught will guard a vineyard. (Spanish)
Fear of death drives the wretched to prayer. (Roman)
Fear of law gives safety. (Greek)
Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear, and man from all sides. (Russian)
Fear the master, not the servant. (Yoruban)
From fear of the porridge he fell into the pot. (Persian)
Grass fears the frost, frost fears the sun. (Chinese)
Great fear is concealed under daring. (Roman)
Greater is the terror of something unknown. (Roman)
Having been bitten by a snake, he’s afraid of a rope. (Afghani)
He fears less who fears what is nearer him. (Roman)
He fears the sack who has been in it. (Danish)
He must fear many, whom many fear. (Roman)
He that has been hurt, fears. (Roman)
He who fears every bramble should not go into the woods. (Roman)
He who has much is afraid of many. (Spanish)
He who has tried it, is afraid of it. (Roman)
He who is afraid of leaves must not go into the wood. (Dutch)
He who is feared by many, fears many. (German)
He who is feared gets more than his own. (Spanish)
He who is scared by words, has no heart for deeds. (Danish)
If you wish to fear nothing, think that everything is to be feared. (Roman)
It is the fear of offense that makes men swallow poison. (Nigerian)
It is torture to fear what you cannot overcome. (Roman)
It needs a high wall to keep out fear. (Danish)
Mankind fears an evil man but Heaven does not. (Chinese)
Men stand in greater fear of the gallows than of God himself. (Yiddish)
Of the malady a man fears, he dies. (Spanish)
One ought to fear even the tiniest of creatures. (Roman)
Our fears always outnumber our dangers. (Roman)
The greater the fear the nearer the danger. (Danish)
The one who terrifies others is himself more afraid. (Roman)
There is a limit to grief, but not to fear. (Roman)
There is more to be feared from the doctor than the disease. (Roman)
There is nothing more fearful than a madman and a fool. (Japanese)
To own is to fear. (Spanish)
Where fear is present, wisdom becomes absent. (Roman)
Where there is no fear there is no inhibition. (Spanish)
Who is in fear of every leaf must not go into the wood. (Italian)
Whom men fear, they hate; whom a man hates, he wishes dead. (Roman)
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