#pair

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain. ↗

— Aberjhani

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

— Theodor Adorno

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Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

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Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair. ↗

— Steven Brust

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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself. ↗