“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”
Anthony Swofford book Jarhead
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French writer 1844–1924Related quotes
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Context: While birds can fly, only humans can argue. Argument is the affirmation of our being. It is the principal instrument of human intercourse. Without argument the species would perish. As a subtle suggestion, it is the means by which we aid another. As a warning, it steers us from danger. As exposition, it teaches. As an expression of creativity, it is the gift of ourselves. As a protest, it struggles for justice. As a reasoned dialogue, it resolves disputes. As an assertion of self, it engenders respect. As an entreaty of love, it expresses our devotion. As a plea, it generates mercy. As charismatic oration it moves multitudes and changes history. We must argue — to help, to warn, to lead, to love, to create, to learn, to enjoy justice — to be.
“My only hope lies in my despair.”
Mon unique espérance est dans mon désespoir.
Atalide, Bajazet, (1672), act I, scene IV.
Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist
Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Introduction p. I - XII
“The role of boredom in human history is underrated.”
Gregory Benford (1941) Science fiction author and astrophysicist
Doing Lennon, p. 266 (Originally published in Analog, April 1975)
In Alien Flesh (1986)
Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802–1880) Lord Chief Justice
Scaramanga v. Stamp (1880), L. R. 5 Com. PI. Div. 304.
“If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.”
Si sapis, alterum alteri misce: nec speraveris sine desperatione nec desperaveris sine spe.
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Alternate translation: Hope not without despair, despair not without hope. (translated by Zachariah Rush).
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind, Line 12