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    Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

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Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

by Sir John Denham 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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Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

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Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

by William M. Thackeray Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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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. . . 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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Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Despair Quotes,
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O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,
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O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Despair Quotes,
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I will indulge my sorrows, and give way
To all the pangs and fury of despair.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way
To all the pangs and fury of despair.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Despair Quotes,
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