Quote#Hope
Never give up! it is wiser and better
Quote byMartin Farquhar Tupper · 1810–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ballads for the Times (1851), Never Give Up!, l. 1-2.
English (original)
Never give up! it is wiser and better Always to hope, than once to despair. Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.
— Martin Farquhar Tupper
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