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Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
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.
O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once!
To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!
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O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once!
To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!
Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here,
And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
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.
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
In all things it is better to hope than to despair