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Quite right.Athenian
And does not this fear, besides saving us in many other important respects, prove more effective than anything else in ensuring for us victory in war and security? For victory is, in fact, ensured by two things, of which the one is confidence towards enemies, the other, fear of the shame of cowardice in the eyes of friends.Clinias
That is so.Athenian
Thus each one of us ought to become both fearless and fearful;
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