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He who has never hoped can never despair.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world read more
. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world in which I moved alone.
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when read more
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]
Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]
