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Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to read more
The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till read more
It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till he die.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
