“Who can hope for nothing should despair of nothing.”
Original: (la) Qui nil potest sperare, desperate nihil.
Source: Tragedies, Medea (c. 50 CE), Line 163 (trans. A. J. Boyle)
“Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.”
— Ian McEwan, book Atonement
Source: Atonement
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