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He who has never hoped can never despair.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have read more
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
 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.] 
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
 Thus repuls'd, our final hope
 Is flat despair.  
 Thus repuls'd, our final hope
 Is flat despair. 
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but read more
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to read more
The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.
 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.