A timid man sees dangers that do not exist.
Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 688 [tr. Lyman (1862)]
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Topics: apprehension, danger, fear, illusion, reality, risk, risk assessment, risk-averse, timidity
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