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   I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor mortis conturbat me.
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   Sen for the deid remeid is none, Best is that we for dede dispone Eftir our deid that lif may we: Timor mortis conturbat me.


— c.1505  'Lament for the Makaris', stanza 25.

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Nevertheless Kosovo is not the only indicator of a change of mood, of the sort of moral interventionist internationalism which has come to be associated particularly with Tony Blair. [...] in fact, after a quarter of a century of doing nothing, the 'international community' in precisely the same year as Kosovo did engineer the independence of East Timor.


— Adrian Hastings, June 2001 [13]

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Multos in summa pericula misitventuri Timor ipse mali.

marcus annaeus lucanus

— But many are driven to utmost peril by the mere dread of coming danger.
— Book VII, line 104.

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rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges Timor.

seneca the younger

— Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)

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Pessimus in dubiis augur, Timor.

statius

— Fear (in times of doubt the worst of prophets) revolves many things.
— Bk. 3, line 6

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Primus in orbe deos fecit Timor.

statius

— Fear first made gods in the world.
— Bk. 3, line 661
— These words also appear in a fragmentary poem attributed to Petronius.

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Audendo virtus crescit, tardando Timor.

publilius syrus

— Translation: Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
— Maxim 63.
— Variant translation: Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Tags: Audendo, virtus, crescit, tardando

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In summo periculo Timor misericordiam non recipit.

julius caesar

— In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity.
— Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum, VII. 26.

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Multos in summa pericula misitVenturi Timor ipse mali.

marcus annaeus lucanus

— The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.
— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia, VII. 104.

Tags: Multos, summa, pericula, ipse, mali

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Degeneres animos Timor arguit.

virgil

— Fear ever argues a degenerate kind.
Line 13 (translated by John Dryden).
Variant translations:Fear betrays ignoble souls.
Fear is proof of a low-born soul.
Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

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Pedibus Timor addidit alas.

virgil

— Terror wings his flight.
Line 224 (translated by John Conington).

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Fortuna miserrima tute est: Nam Timor eventus deterioris abest.

ovid

— The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse.
— Ovid, Epistolæ Ex Ponto, I. 2. 113.

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Mors obruit illos, non Timor; invicti perstant animoque supersunt jam prope post animam.

sidonius apollinaris

— Death may overwhelm them, but not fear; unconquerable they stand their ground, and their courage well-nigh outlives their lives.
Carmen 5, line 251; vol. 1 p. 83.

Tags: Mors, obruit, illos, invicti, perstant, animoque, supersunt, jam, prope

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In summo periculo Timor misericordiam non recipit.

julius caesar

— In extreme danger, fear turns a deaf ear to every feeling of pity.
— Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum, VII. 26.

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The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.

Multos in summa pericula misit Venturi Timor ipse mali.

marcus annaeus lucanus

— Pharsalia, VII. 104.

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In vota miseros ultimus cogit Timor.


— Fear of death drives the wretched to prayer.
— Seneca, Agamemnon, 560.

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Audendo magnus tegitur Timor.

marcus annaeus lucanus

— By audacity, great fears are concealed.
— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia, IV. 702.

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Quicquid agunt homines, votum, Timor, ira, voluptas, gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.


— The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.
— Juvenal, Satires, I, I, 85.

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Multos in summa pericula misit venturi Timor ipse mali.


— But many are driven to utmost peril by the mere dread of coming danger.
— Book VII, line 104.

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Audendo virtus crescit, tardando Timor.


— Translation: Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
— Maxim 63.
— Variant translation: Valour grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Tags: Audendo, virtus, crescit, tardando

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Mors obruit illos, non Timor; invicti perstant animoque supersunt jam prope post animam.


— Death may overwhelm them, but not fear; unconquerable they stand their ground, and their courage well-nigh outlives their lives.
— Carmen 5, line 251; vol. 1 p. 83.

Tags: Mors, obruit, illos, invicti, perstant, animoque, supersunt, jam, prope

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Primus in orbe deos fecit Timor.


— Fear first made gods in the world.
— Bk. 3, line 661
— These words also appear in a fragmentary poem attributed to Petronius.

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Degeneres animos Timor arguit.


— Fear betrays ignoble souls.
— Fear is proof of a low-born soul.
— Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

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Pedibus Timor addidit alas.


— Terror wings his flight.
— Line 224 (translated by John Conington).

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rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges Timor.


— Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)

Tags: rursus, prosperum, ac, felix, scelus, virtus, vocatur, sontibus, parent

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Pessimus in dubiis augur, Timor.


— Fear (in times of doubt the worst of prophets) revolves many things.
— Bk. 3, line 6

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Worse than war is the very fear of war.

Peior est bello Timor ipse belli.

seneca the younger

— Thyestes, line 572 (Chorus).

Tags: bello, ipse, belli

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