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    Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.

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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.

by Woody Allen Found in: Despair Quotes,
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The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

by Italian Proverb Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in read more

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

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It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than read more

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

by Charles Baudelaire Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Despair Quotes,
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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

by John Donne Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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.

by Anne Sophie Swetchine Found in: Despair Quotes,
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No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.

No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Despair Quotes,
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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.]

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