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The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
[Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes.]
The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
[Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes.]
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
It is to hope, though hope were lost.
It is to hope, though hope were lost.
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital read more
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel
Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there read more
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of read more
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.