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Aesop and Bacon

Bacon must have been a familiar item to ancient Greeks, because Aesop mentions it in his fable of the town mouse and country mouse, which dates from 550 B.C.   The country mouse says, “Better beans and bacon in peace, then cakes and ale in fear.”

The World Encyclopedia of Food by L. Patrick Coyle, 1982.

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To fear death is to profess one’s atheism.
Aphorisms and Thoughts by Napoleon Bonaparte, 1838, 2008.
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He who owes nothing fears nothing.
The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905.
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What is that which all love more than life,
Fear more than death or mortal strife?
That which contented men desire,
The poor possess, the rich require,
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
And all men carry to their graves?

Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William S. Walsh, 1892.





(answer:  Nothing)


Horripilate

To produce goose flesh; strike cold with fear.

Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words by Laurance Urdang, 1972.

Five Attendants of Ares

  1. Eris (Discord)
  2. Phobos (Alarm)
  3. Metis (Fear)
  4. Demios (Dread)
  5. Pallor (Terror)

Gods: A Dictionary of the Deities of All Lands by Bessie Redfield, 1931.

Seven Chinese Emotions

  1. joy
  2. anger
  3. grief
  4. love
  5. fear
  6. hate
  7. desire

Spheksophobia

= the fear of wasps