Who said "The imagination is the only weapon against despair."?

This quote is attributed to Gérard de Nerval.

The imagination is the only weapon against despair. - Gérard de Nerval

"The imagination is the only weapon against despair."

Gérard de Nerval Hope

Poet Writer French 1808–1855

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