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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

— H. L. Mencken

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior.

— Simone de Beauvoir

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

— Michel de Montaigne

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

— Thomas Mann

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

— Thomas Carlyle

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

— Livy

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

— Confucius

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.

— Orison Swett Marden

✗Opposing Perspectives

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

— Confucius

The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.

— Alfred Adler