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Pierre Corneille:Love lives on hope, and dies


Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
by Pierre Corneille


Arabian Proverb:He who has health, has hope; and


He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
by Arabian Proverb


Napolean:Courage is like love; it must have hope


Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
by Napolean


Polybius:A strong mind always hopes, and has


A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
by Polybius


Terence:You believe that easily which you hope


You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.
by Terence


Allan K. Chambers:The grand essentials of


The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
by Allan K. Chambers


Julius Frontinus:Inventions reached their limit


Inventions reached their limit long ago, and I see no hope for further development.
by Julius Frontinus


Bob Hope:You know you're getting old when the


You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
by Bob Hope


Titus Livius:In great straits and when hope is


In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
by Titus Livius


Jean B. Molière:The less we deserve good


The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
by Jean B. Molière


Bertrand Russell:Man needs, for his happiness,


Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
by Bertrand Russell


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Youth fades; love


Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Samuel Johnson:We are long before we are


We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
by Samuel Johnson


Percy Bysshe Shelley:Life may change, but it may


Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley


George Eliot:There is no despair so absolute as


There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
by George Eliot


Malcolm Forbes:When things are bad, we take


When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad that they have to get better.
by Malcolm Forbes


John Gay:"Is there no hope?" the sick man said,


"Is there no hope?" the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head, And took his leave with signs of sorrow, Despairing of his fee to-morrow.
by John Gay


Robert Herrick:This man is freed from servile


This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.
by Robert Herrick


James Poe:Speed is good only when wisdom leads


Speed is good only when wisdom leads the way. The end of this journey, whether to the high horizons of hope or the depths of destruction, will be determined by the collective wisdom of the people who live on this shrinking planet.
by James Poe


Salman Rushdie:Literature is where I go to


Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart.
by Salman Rushdie


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