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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

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

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Despair has its own calms.

Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified in their feelings of impotence. But if, on the other hand, you feel that your work in the world does make a difference and that you do have the power to change things, the nay-sayers will turn a deaf ear.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.