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 Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.
 [Lat., Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro.]  
 Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.
 [Lat., Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro.] 
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The read more
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
 If thou dost slander her and torture me,
 Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
  On horror's head read more 
 If thou dost slander her and torture me,
 Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
  On horror's head horrors accumulate;
   Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed;
    For nothing canst thou to damnation add
     Greater than that. 
 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. 
 Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of 
seeing God "without holiness," or of having read more 
 Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of 
seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except 
thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind 
of despair is one of the first steps to heaven. 
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to read more
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.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
 O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,
 Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,
  Or read more 
 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.