Lance ConradFear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women.
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In his essay "The Fear of Art," John Ruskin wrote that "Fear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women." He was warning that people who will use fear against you can make you do things against your better judgement or make you say and think things that don’t make sense.
Source: The Price Of Loyalty
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