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But, O thou tyrant,
Do not repent these things, for they are heavier
Than all thy woes read more
But, O thou tyrant,
Do not repent these things, for they are heavier
Than all thy woes can stir. Therefore betake thee
To nothing but despair.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
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.]
Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only read more
Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
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
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.
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.
O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once!
To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!
Vile read more
O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once!
To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!
Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here,
And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!