You May Also Like / View all maxioms
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead read more
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play!
Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.
Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Despair ruins some, presumption many
The world goes whispering to its own,
"This anguish pierces to the bone;"
And tender friends go read more
The world goes whispering to its own,
"This anguish pierces to the bone;"
And tender friends go sighing round,
"What love can ever cure this wound?"
My days go on, my days go on.
