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If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead read more
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play!
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than read more
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.
Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
