Quotes with despair

Quotes 61 till 80 of 118.

  • Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness.
    Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
    French author, poet (1846 - 1870)
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  • C. S. Lewis Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
    The Pilgrims Regress
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Peggy Noonan My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage.
    Peggy Noonan
    American Author, Presidential Speechwriter (1950 - )
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  • Jean Baptiste Racine My only hope lies in my despair.
    Jean Baptiste Racine
    French playwright (1639 - 1699)
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  • Edmund Burke Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Edmund Burke Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Mario Vargas Llosa No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.
    Mario Vargas Llosa
    Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist (1936 - )
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  • David Livingstone Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
    David Livingstone
    Scottish explorer, Christian Congregationalist and missionary (1813 - 1873)
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  • William Shakespeare Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Thomas Campbell O Star-eyed Science! hast thou wandered there, to waft us home the message of despair?
    Thomas Campbell
    Scottish poet (1777 - 1844)
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  • Alexandre Dumas père Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
    Alexandre Dumas père
    French writer (1802 - 1870)
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  • Elie Wiesel Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Bono Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Benjamin Banneker Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
    Benjamin Banneker
    African-American almanac author, and surveyor (0 - 1806)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns critic.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Ronald Laing Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Oscar Wilde She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Antonin Artaud So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.
    Antonin Artaud
    French producer and actor (1896 - 1948)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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