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  • It was the timid ones who smiled (those who were afraid, from the Latin verb timere).

    Fear Makes The World Go Round 2006

  • He always wore that, and his own posy too, ‘Mutare vel timere sperno.’

    Westward Ho! 2007

  • Nolite timere: quinta enim die veniet ad vos Dominus noster.

    Archive 2007-12-01 bls 2007

  • Nolite timere: quinta enim die veniet ad vos Dominus noster.

    O Clavis David bls 2007

  • [3930] Stultum est timere quod vitari non potest, 'tis a folly to fear that which cannot be avoided, or to be discouraged at all.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • A chilling effect is one that intimidates, makes timorous and turns timid all from timere, “to fear” the ordinarily gutsy journalist, causing the sin of self-censorship.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • A chilling effect is one that intimidates, makes timorous and turns timid all from timere, “to fear” the ordinarily gutsy journalist, causing the sin of self-censorship.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • A chilling effect is one that intimidates, makes timorous and turns timid all from timere, “to fear” the ordinarily gutsy journalist, causing the sin of self-censorship.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Wherefore, in this behalf, Mutare vel timere sperno.

    The North-West Passage 2003

  • A chilling effect is one that intimidates, makes timorous and turns timid all from timere, “to fear” the ordinarily gutsy journalist, causing the sin of self-censorship.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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