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Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will read more
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis read more
Wicked acts are accustomed to be done with impunity for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from read more
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
"Farewell!"
For in that word--that fatal word--howe'er
We promise--hope--believe--there breathes despair.
"Farewell!"
For in that word--that fatal word--howe'er
We promise--hope--believe--there breathes despair.
To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
[Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
[Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]