Yet he also revealed a more tender side, and showed himself to have been unafraid to express true affection.
The figure under his own vine and fig tree was important because he was unafraid.
He is a composer who says what he means and means what he says, unafraid to grapple with large issues.
Far from being reverential towards royalty, as would be expected, they were unafraid to mock him, and even prevent him from ascending the throne.
We need generalist teachers who are unafraid of working musically with their classes, and specialists who are confident and flexible in their own musicianship to support them.
Written in rolling cadences, and unafraid of intuitive parallels or grand metaphors, the book itself is the product of a career which has spanned over half a century.
If suffering wound it up, so co-operation, if really genuine and unafraid, can unwind it.
I put in a drink for the badger, and he came and drank in front of me, completely unafraid.