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All things that are to be feared are more so
when, after an error has once been committed, it is impossible to repair it,
either because it is absolutely impossible, or no longer in our power, but in
that of our opponents; also when there is no possibility of help or it is not
easy to obtain. In a word, all things are to be feared which, when they happen,
or are on the point of happening, to others, excite compassion. These are, so to
say, nearly all the most important things which are to be feared and which men
fear. Let us now state the frame of mind which leads men to fear.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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