There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
- Aeschylus
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
- John Hoyer Updike
This article is reposted from the old Wordpress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I'll return with fresh material.
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