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Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak read more
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten read more
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do read more
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.