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Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
Source: In Words of Wisdom, by Wm. Safire & Leonard Safire, 1989.
-- Alfred Victor Vigny, (Mar 27 1797-1863), French man of letters; He was an early exponent of French romanticism, e.g., Cliq-Mars, 1826; he also translated Othello into French verse.