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    The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

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All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew read more

All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew nothing, yes, I knew nothing. And so words became void of meaning. I have arrived too late at ultimate uncertainty.

by Ezra Pound Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.

Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.

by John Milton Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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.

by George Eliot Found in: Despair Quotes,
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The name of the Slough was Despond.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

by John Bunyan Found in: Despair Quotes,
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In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

by Anthony Robbins Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

by John Donne Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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.

by Roger W. Babson Found in: Despair Quotes,
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. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
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. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world in which I moved alone.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

by John Milton Found in: Despair Quotes,
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