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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Despair Quotes,
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

by George Eliot Found in: Despair Quotes,
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He who has never hoped can never despair.

He who has never hoped can never despair.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Action is the antidote to despair.

Action is the antidote to despair.

by Joan Baez Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim

by Graham Greene Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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.]

by Quintus Curtius Rufus Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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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Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Despair Quotes,
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