"No," Abbie answered very gently; "but I think it is wrong to school ourselves into believing that we do not care for any thing of the kind; when, in reality, it is a higher, better motive which deters us from having many things.
"Ester Ried"
Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)
This brief train of reasoning will suggest why it is not necessary to have a navy equal to the greatest, in order to insure that sense of fear which deters a rival from war, or handicaps his action in war.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
"Yes," she replied; "and as for the lace, I will shew you that it is not the money that deters me."
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt