Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.
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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.]
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
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.
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world read more
. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world in which I moved alone.
The name of the Slough was Despond.
The name of the Slough was Despond.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
