“The code of poor laws has at length grown up into a tree, which, like the fabulous Upas, overshadows and poisons the land; unwholesome expedients were the bud, dilemmas and depravities have been the blossom, and danger and despair are the bitter fruit.” Has BeensLawPoorTreeLandDangerDespairFruitBitterCodePoisonLengthFabulousDilemmaBudDepravity Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words
“When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.” MomentsHandsSeemsMy OwnLandDespairNativeAlasRecollectionNative Land Author:William Cowper
“By your grace, I will not despair. I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” BelieveI BelieveLordGraceLandDespairGoodness Book:Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard Source: Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard
“I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America? What kind of lives or future would my children have if this was not a land of opportunity?” IfsKindChildrenTodayAmericaOpportunityPovertyGenerationsLandDespairMy ChildrenLand Of Opportunity Author:Marco Rubio
“Through poverty, godhunger, the family debacle, I kept a sense of worth. I could limn and paint like no-one else in this human-wounded land: I was worth the while of living. Now my skill is dead. I should be.” ShouldHumansArtistPovertyLandSkillsDespairPaintWoundedDebacles Author:Keri Hulme
“Adolescence hits boys harder than it does girls. Girls bleed a little and their breasts pop out, big deal, but adolescence lands on a guy with both feet. . . . Your body is engulfed by chemicals of rage and despair, you pound, you shriek, you batter your head against the trees. You come away wounded, feeling that life is unknowable, can never be understood, only endured and sometimes cheated.” LittlesDoeSometimesFeelingsBodyBigsLife IsGuyGirlDealsBoysTreeFeetLandDespairUnderstoodHarderPopsRageYour BodyBreastsPoundsChemicalsWoundedAdolescenceBig DealCheated Book:The Book of Guys: Stories Source: The Book of Guys: Stories
“Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas have been anticipated by former writers; they will neither anathematize others nor despair themselves. They will rather go on discovering things before discovered, until they are rewarded with a land hitherto unknown, an empire indisputably their own, both right of conquest and of discovery.” ThinkingMenShouldMindHas BeensIdeasStrongLandGoes OnDespairFindingsDiscoveryFormerEmpiresDiscoveringConquestDiscouragedStrong MindDiscovering Things Author:Charles Caleb Colton